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Winter Panfish Preview on the Iowa Great Lakes

Winter Panfish Preview on the Iowa Great Lakes By Steve Weisman With the entire open water panfishing so outstanding on the Iowa Great Lakes, ice fishermen can hardly wait to see what the hard water season will bring. Big Spirit, East Okoboji, Upper Gar, Minnewashta and West Okoboji consistently produced excellent panfishing action all summer. […]

Waterfowl Biologist Orrin Jones – Podcast

Become a Better Hardwater Angler

Become a Better Hardwater Angler By Rod Woten Are you new to ice fishing and want to shorten the learning curve? Are you a seasoned angler that wants to take your game to the next level? Are you frustrated with catching few or small fish…want to catch more and bigger fish? When I first started […]

Photographing America’s Bird

Photographing America’s Bird By Troy Hoepker I still remember exactly where I was when I spotted the first eagle I had ever witnessed in my part of the world. It was a bitter cold January morning and I was calling for a coyote years ago near the Union and Adair county line in Southwest Iowa. […]