Get ready for an adventure at Iowa's newly crowned cleanest lake that offers amazing fishing spots and bankside camping sites ...

A sign for trout stream fishing on the Turkey River sits behind a trout pond at Big Spring Fish Hatchery in Elkader on May 28. The river is open to the public for fishing and has an angler access ...

Iowans who love to fish can make plans to teach a friend without needing to buy a license as the state’s annual Free Fishing Weekend runs this Friday through Sunday. Iowa DNR fisheries biologist Joe ...

Iowa 4-H is launching a new statewide fishing club, designed for Iowa youth in grades 4-12. This immersive program aims to deepen participants’ understanding of aquatic life found in Iowa, focusing on ...

The unseasonably warm weather we’re having is likely going to put an end to the ice fishing season in most of Iowa. DNR spokesman Mick Klemesrud says it hasn’t been a great season up to this point ...

Marv Feigenspan enjoys a fishing trip to the Lake Macbride State Park fishing pier near Solon in March 2024. (The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some ...

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 ...