SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (KTIV) - Staff at the Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery wrapped up their annual gillnetting process this week.

Spring is spawning season and Iowa’s fish hatcheries are working to grow the fish to fill lakes across the state. Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery Manager Kim Hawkins says they were very successful in ...

A lot of kids like to fish. But, one Blue Earth Area sixth grader doesn’t like to fish, he loves to fish. And, because he not ...

(gentle music) 99% went down to Spirit Lake, Iowa. There's a processing plant there They made fish patties, they made fertilizer out of them. Fish sticks. Then they made smoked carp out of them.

(gentle music) 99% went down to Spirit Lake, Iowa. There's a processing plant there They made fish patties, they made fertilizer out of them. Fish sticks. Then they made smoked carp out of them.

Spring is spawning season and Iowa’s fish hatcheries are working to grow the fish to fill lakes across the state. Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery Manager […] ...

Spring is spawning season and Iowa’s fish hatcheries are working to grow the fish to fill lakes across the state. Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery Manager Kim Hawkins says they were very successful in ...

Gillnetting — the Iowa Department of National Resources process of catching fertile fish — was especially quick and successful in 2025, based on reports from the Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery.

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