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NEWS:
From the Iowa DNR:
Ice Shack Removal Deadline Extended North of HWY. 20
SPIRIT LAKE - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has extended the deadline to remove permanent ice shelters from public waters north of U.S. Hwy. 20, to Feb. 28.
The extension is to allow for shelter owners to have another weekend to break their houses free and get them off the ice.
"Hopefully conditions will improve enough to allow people to remove the shelters," said Jim Wahl, fisheries supervisor for the northwest region. "I would encourage them to not wait until the last minute."
For public waters south of U.S. Hwy. 20, the Feb. 20 deadline to remove permanent ice fishing shelters remains in place. Ice shelter owners should be aware that weather and ice conditions can change and they should be prepared to remove the permanent ice shelters from the ice, if a period of unseasonably warm weather develops.
If a shelter should go through the ice, it is the owner's responsibility to remove it from the lake.
From the Iowa DNR:
Ice Shack Removal Deadline Extended North of HWY. 20
SPIRIT LAKE - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has extended the deadline to remove permanent ice shelters from public waters north of U.S. Hwy. 20, to Feb. 28.
The extension is to allow for shelter owners to have another weekend to break their houses free and get them off the ice.
"Hopefully conditions will improve enough to allow people to remove the shelters," said Jim Wahl, fisheries supervisor for the northwest region. "I would encourage them to not wait until the last minute."
For public waters south of U.S. Hwy. 20, the Feb. 20 deadline to remove permanent ice fishing shelters remains in place. Ice shelter owners should be aware that weather and ice conditions can change and they should be prepared to remove the permanent ice shelters from the ice, if a period of unseasonably warm weather develops.
If a shelter should go through the ice, it is the owner's responsibility to remove it from the lake.