Brood stock channel catfish are maintained at this facility and annually provide more than 1 million fry for use across the state. Brood stock walleye are annually collected in April from Lake Rathbun from gill nets. These fish are taken back to the hatchery where they are spawned and are then returned to the lake. The facility has the ability to raise a number of species to large fingerlings for use in a number of fishery management and research applications. Fish produced at this facility are stocked statewide in Iowa farm ponds, rivers and more than 250 lakes and reservoirs.
Small groups are self-guided.