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Ada Hayden Lake is a public lake in Story County, Iowa, managed by US Army Corps of Engineers. It is public water managed for fishing by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Ada Hayden Lake covers about 129 acres in the Central Iowa region. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Peterson Lake and College Creek.
Boat ramps: 4 mapped — Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 16-64 needs an Iowa DNR fishing licence — the resident annual is about $22, the non-resident annual about $48, and non-resident 1-day/7-day licences are sold. A trout fee (about $16.50) is required in addition to the fishing licence to fish for or keep trout in the Driftless Area streams and stocked trout lakes. Iowa residents 65 and older can buy a discounted licence, and anyone under 16 fishes free. Buy from Iowa DNR at iowadnr.gov.
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