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Big Spirit Lake, IA
Lake in Dickinson County, Iowa. At 5,684 acres the largest natural lake in Iowa, a shallow glacial prairie lake on the Minnesota line. One of the state's top walleye and yellow perch destinations, with northern pike, smallmouth bass and bluegill rounding out the catch. Open-water trolling and winter perch through the ice are both productive.
Overall bite score
Scored 5 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes
Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for lakes and reservoirs. No black box: every reading names its source.
What swims here
8 tracked species in Big Spirit Lake, with the months each fishes best.
Water facts
No representative live USGS water-temp gauge (the Iowa Great Lakes gage-height feed has a stale temp series), so the bite score uses the seasonal baseline. Ramps: Marble Beach State Recreation Area, Mini-Wakan State Park, Templar Park. Walleye 19-25 in protected slot (release 19-25 in; 3/day) in effect on Spirit + Okoboji chain, verify on the Iowa DNR special-regs page.
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