DNR Fishing Regulations 2012 - Marshall County

also prohibited; 8. Missouri River; 9. Big Sioux River from the I- 9
bridge to the confluence with the Missouri River; 10. Des Moines
River from directly below the hydro electric dam (Big Dam) to the
Hawkeye Avenue Bridge in Fort Dodge; 11. Des Moines River from
directly below the Little Dam to the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge in
Fort Dodge; 12. From the Ventura Grade, jetties and bridge of Clear
Lake and Ventura Marsh; 13. Skunk River, from directly below the
Oakland Mills Dam to the downstream end of the 53rd Street boat
ramp.
Threatened and Endangered Species
You cannot take, possess, transport, import, export, process, sell
or offer for sale, buy or offer to buy, nor shall a common or contract
carrier transport or receive for shipment any of the following species
of fish, frogs, turtles, mussels or salamanders:
FISH: Lake Sturgeon, Pallid Sturgeon, Pugnose Shiner, Weed Shiner,
Pearl Dace, Freckled Madtom, Bluntnose Darter, Least Darter, American
Brook Lamprey, Chestnut Lamprey, Grass Pickerel, Blacknose
Shiner, Western Sand Darter, Black Redhorse, Burbot, Orangethroat
Darter, Topeka Shiner
FROGS: Crayfish Frog
TURTLES: Yellow Mud Turtle, Wood Turtle, Ornate Box Turtle,
Common Musk Turtle, Blanding’s Turtle
MUSSELS: Spectacle Case, Slippershell, Buckhorn, Ozark Pigtoe,
Bullhead, Ohio River Pigtoe, Slough Sandshell, Yellow Sandshell,
Cylinder, Strange Floater, Creek Heelsplitter, Purple Pimpleback, Butterfly,
Ellipse and the Higgin’s Eye Pearly Mussel
SALAMANDERS: Blue-spotted Salamander, Central Newt and the
Mudpuppy.
Reciprocity Fishing Privileges with Adjoining States
Fish privileges on boundary waters common to Iowa and an adjoining
state are mutually agreed upon by the neighboring states. An
angler having a valid fishing license may fish boundary waters common
to Iowa but it is the angler’s responsibility to know which state
you are fishing in and the regulations that apply to the water that you
are fishing. (see the following table).