Fishing Regulations Relaxed at Dickinson County Lake

SPIRIT LAKE - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will remove most fishing regulations on Diamond Lake in Dickinson County beginning Oct. 1 to allow anglers to harvest fish before the fish population is renovated. Fish may be harvested by any means, except with explosive devices, electricity or any fish stupifying substances.

The daily and possession limits have been removed. These relaxed regulations will be in effect until April 1, 2007.

"Our plan for Diamond Lake is to draw the lake water level down, renovate the fish population to eliminate the carp, and to allow the aquatic vegetation to get re-established which will improve water quality, fishing and be attractive to waterfowl," said Jim Christianson, fisheries biologist with the DNR.

The DNR is already in the process of drawing the 166-acre lake down. The process will last into 2007.

For more information, contact Christianson at 712-336-1840.