Artificial lures and barbless hooks are required throughout the early season. Fishermen are having good success during the early catch and release trout season. Some nice trout are being caught and released. Anglers are catching a few walleyes below the dam. May. Iowa County - Some ice still remains on area lakes, but it is unsafe.
Open water is between the ice and shore in most areas.
Trout streams are clear and at normal levels for the early catch and release trout season that opened March 1st. There have been some reports of turkeys gobbling and strutting already. Lafayette County - Anglers are catching some fish, and a few small walleyes on Yellowstone River and Yellowstone Lake. Most seasons are closed, so not much is going on in the County. The turkey season starts in April, so hunters should get out and foster landowner relations.