Northwest Iowa — The Iowa DNR’s annual trout stocking of ponds across the state is now complete. Northeast Iowa regional fisheries supervisor, Mike Steuck, says it’s a way to introduce trout fishing outside their normal habitat.
He says they put between 15-hundred and two-thousand trout into the ponds.
Steuck says the stock trout are not hard to catch.
The pond stocking of trout has become so popular that the DNR waits until after they are stocked to announce the location. He says most are caught pretty quickly once people find their location.
Steuk says the goal is to raise interest in trout fishing — but it also can raise interest in fishing overall.
You can go to the DNR’s website to find out more about the ponds which have been stocked.
