The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Management unit is responsible for managing the fisheries within the state to provide the best possible angling opportunities for the fishing public. Management is divided into four districts, with field offices and stations spread throughout each of the districts.

Iowa DNR Fisheries Bureau

Marion Conover, Bureau Chief
Wallace Building - 502 E 9th St.
Des Moines, IA 50319-0034
(515) 281-FISH; FAX:(515) 281-6794

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Northwest Management Region

District Supervisor: (712) 336-1840, (712)336-0921 (fax)

Spirit Lake Fish Management

Counties: Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Sioux

Black Hawk Fish Management

Counties: Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Crawford, Greene, Ida, Monona, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster, Woodbury
 

Clear Lake Fish Management

Counties: Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Wright

Northeast Management District

District Supervisor: (319) 927-3276, (319) 927-5736 (fax)

Guttenberg Fish Management

Counties: Mississippi River Pools 9, 10, 11

Bellevue Fish Management

Counties: Mississippi River Pools 12, 13, 14, 15

Mississippi Monitoring Station

Counties: Mississippi River Monitoring

Manchester Fish Management

Counties: Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchannan, Butler, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson

Decorah Fish Management

Counties: Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek

Southeast Management District

District Supervisor: (319) 694-2430

Rathbun Fish Management

Counties: Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Van Buren, Wapello, Wayne

Lake Darling Fish Mangement

Counties: Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Washington

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Fairport Fish Management

Counties: Mississippi River Pools 16, 17, 18, 19

Macbride Fish Management

Counties: Benton, Cedar, Grundy, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama
 
 

Southwest Management District

District Supervisor: (712) 769-2587

Cold Springs Fish Mangement

Counties: Adair, Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Guthrie, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby
 
 

Mount Ayr Fish Management

Counties: Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Madison, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, Union
 
 

Boone Fish Management

Counties: Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Marion, Polk, Story, Warren
 
 

Missouri River Monitoring Station

Counties: Missouri River Monitoring