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Fishing regulations at Drainage Ditch Number 35, IA
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Below you will see fishing regulations for catching Northern pike as of April 23rd, 2026. To view regulations for a different fish species, please click on your preferred species in the drop-down.
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Statewide regulations:
No closed season. No size limit.
Inland waters daily bag limit = 3 northern pike; possession limit = 6 northern pike.
Boundary rivers daily bag limit:
- Mississippi River: bag limit = 5 northern pike; possession limit = 10 northern pike
- Missouri River: bag limit = 5 northern pike; possession limit = 10 northern pike
- Big Sioux River: bag limit = 6 northern pike; possession limit = 12 northern pike
- Boundary lakes [including Little Spirit Lake (Dickinson), Iowa Lake (Osceola), Burt (Swag) Lake (Kossuth), and Iowa and Tuttle (Okamanpeedan) Lakes (Emmet)]: bag limit = 3 Northern Pike; possession limit = 3 northern pike.
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- Northern pike - 1 members reported to have caught this fish
- Channel catfish - 1 members reported to have caught this fish
- @tlizer reported a nice Channel catfish.
- @LLanus1218 reported a nice Northern pike.
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