With flathead catfish spawning season underway and National Catfish Day set for June 25, many Iowans have trophy fish on their minds. National Catfish Day was established in 1987 by President Ronald ...

Anglers delight in catching big fish, but smaller fish are probably safer to eat because they have lower levels of mercury. That’s why the Iowa Department of Natural Resources wants to change its ...

DES MOINES - Iowans nearly wore out their 'Gone fishing” signs last year. Iowa anglers fished a total of 10.5 million days in 2018, according to state Department of Natural Resources officials. That ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced they will stock rainbow trout at various ponds across the state this ...

Efforts to save the Topeka shiner have restored hundreds of oxbow lakes across Iowa. Now, those wetlands are helping to ...

A fertilizer spill this month in southwest Iowa killed nearly all the fish in a 60-mile stretch of river with an estimated death toll of more than 750,000, according to Iowa and Missouri conservation ...

Don’t have a fishing license in Iowa? That’s not a problem thanks to free fishing weekend. Iowans can pack their coolers and favorite fishing rods and head out to the water June 7-9 as part of the ...

Before you can teach a man to fish in, you first need to make sure you have an updated fishing license through the state of Iowa. Whether you are fishing on a boat or a dock, Iowa state law requires ...

According to the Iowa DNR, rainbow trout will be released in Bacon Creek Lake in Sioux City at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan 22, ...

PROCESS OF HIRING A NEW PRESIDENT. NEW AT FOUR. IOWA COULD SOON HAVE ITS OWN STATE FISH. A BILL PROPOSED AT THE IOWA STATE HOUSE WOULD MAKE THE IOWA DARTER THE STATE’S OFFICIAL FISH, GROWING TO ABOUT ...

A “monster” walleye fish was caught in an Iowa lake, the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced on Tuesday. The fish was caught by DNR employees who were collecting broodstock on Lake ...