If you have a valid fishing license from Iowa or Minnesota (resident or nonresident) you can fish in Little Spirit Lake, Dickinson County; Iowa Lake, Osceola County; Burt (Swag) Lake, Kossuth County; Iowa and Tuttle (Okamanpedan) lakes, Emmet County, whether the waters are in Iowa or Minnesota.

There is a closed season on walleye, northern pike, catfish, and black bass in these border lakes from February 16 through the Friday before the Saturday closest to May 1.

There is a continuous open season on all other species.

Daily bag and possession limits are six walleye, three northern pike, eight catfish, six black bass, 30 yellow perch, 30 white bass, 30 sunfish, and 15 crappie.

There is a closed season on spearing and bow and arrow fishing for rough fish species from February 16 through the Friday before the Saturday closest to May 1.

Iowa or Illinois fishing licenses can be used by hook-and-line anglers on the Mississippi River proper, including its backwater lakes and sloughs contiguous with the flow of waters in the main channel.

You cannot fish from or attach any device or equipment to the main bank of the Mississippi River under the jurisdiction of the state where you are not licensed to fish.

You cannot fish in any tributaries of the opposite state.

You must conform with regulations of the state in which you are fishing unless the regulations of your state are more restrictive, then you must conform with the more restrictive regulations.

Licensed Iowa (resident or nonresident) anglers can fish in the waters of the Mississippi River lying between the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad tracks on the Iowa side of the river, and the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad tracks lying on the Wisconsin side of the river, including all sloughs and backwaters connected with the main channel of the Mississippi River.

This reciprocity applies only to hook-and-line fishing, spearing, and the taking of minnows and crayfish for such fishing.

Where there are differences in elements of the boundary waters regulations, you must comply with the regulations of the state whose territorial waters you are fishing in.

With a valid sport fishing permit from either Iowa or Nebraska you can fish in the waters of the Missouri River lying between the two states.

You can fish in all oxbows, sloughs, chutes, and backwaters that draw water from the Missouri River proper and oxbows, chutes, and backwaters separated from the Missouri River by land if the state boundary line passes through some part of these waters.

You can fish from boats or from the bank.

You must conform with regulations of the state in which you are fishing unless the regulations of your state are more restrictive, then you must conform with the more restrictive regulations.

In DeSoto Bend Lake, you must conform with federal refuge regulations as posted under the authority of Section 33.19 of Title 50 CFR.

You can fish by hook and line with a fishing license from Iowa or South Dakota in the common water boundary of the Big Sioux River.

You can fish from either bank of the river. You can transport your fish to your home provided you return home by the most direct route.

You must conform with the regulations of the state in which you are fishing unless the regulations of your state are more restrictive, then you must conform with the more restrictive regulations.

Any person possessing a valid sport fishing permit issued by the state of Iowa may fish in the Des Moines River and its backwaters within the boundary of Missouri adjacent to the state of Iowa. Any person possessing a valid sport fishing permit issued by the state of Missouri may fish in the Des Moines River and its backwaters within the boundary of Iowa adjacent to the state of Missouri. Persons licensed in only one state may also fish in the other state’s portion of any oxbow lakes through which the Iowa-Missouri boundary passes.

Sport fishing license or permit holders may not fish from or attach any device or equipment to the main bank of the Des Moines River under the jurisdiction of the state where they are not licensed to fish.

Sport fishing license or permit holders must comply with the regulations of the state in whose waters they are fishing and, when fishing in waters in which they are not licensed to fish, shall comply with the most restrictive of the two state’s regulations. These privileges and provisions extend to persons legally exempted from the license requirement of either state.