The Iowa Department of Natural Resources fielded a series of calls last week after dead fish were found floating in Cedar ...

benefiting from clear spots of water and the year's abundance of shad minnows — a popular food source for sturgeon. About a week before the season started, sturgeon biologist Ron Bruch had said ...

Stripers should be around the shad, but not all shad schools attract stripers. Use brood minnows or live shad for bait. Keep a top-water lure tied on to cast toward surfacing stripers. Stripers ...