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1/24/2006

Trout Stocking This Friday at Banner Lakes

INDIANOLA -- The third of four winter trout stockings at Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park near Indianola is set for Friday, DNR fisheries staff announced today.

Approximately 1,000 catcheable-size rainbow trout will be released in south Banner Lake around noon, said Dick McWilliams, a fisheries biologist with the Iowa DNR. A fourth and final stocking is planned for March.

McWilliams stressed, though, that ice conditions are poor at Banner and ice fishing is not recommended. Currently, 40 percent of the lake is ice-free, and the ice that is present is unsafe. He said anglers will have plenty of opportunities to catch trout in the open water areas.

Banner Lakes is the only trout fishing opportunity in central and southern Iowa, and is one of only four Iowa lakes stocked with trout. The other three are Blue Pit in Mason City, North Prairie Lake in Cedar Falls and Heritage Pond in Dubuque.

 

 

 

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