The Iowa DNR’s fall trout stocking gets underway this Wednesday. Northeast Iowa fisheries supervisor, Mike Steuck says they’ll stock 18 lakes and ponds across the state.

Visit the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Trout Fishing website for potential changes to the schedule. Jan. 11: Blue Pit , Mason City, at 11 a.m. Jan. 24: Big Lake , Council Bluffs, at 3 p.m.

The Iowa DNR is stocking 9 locations with rainbow trout this winter to allow fishing in areas that wouldn't support it during warmer months.

“We have probably 10 streams that have brook trout in it, but there's very little,” he said. ... out of the approximately 340,000 fish stocked from the three trout hatcheries in northeast Iowa.

The statewide trout season opens next Saturday at 8 a.m. This annual rite of spring is something a great many anglers eagerly look forward to, and this year maybe a bit more than usual. Last year ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said it is investigating a chlorinated water discharge at McLoud Run Trout Stream in Cedar Rapids.