(Lewis) As 2025 wraps up and 2026 nears, DNR Fisheries Biologist John Lorenzen takes a moment to reflect and share some remarkable harvest numbers and state record fish. Lorenzen reports that two new record fish were caught in southwest Iowa: a 24.1-pound Longnose Gar from the Missouri River, and a 105-pound Catfish, also pulled from the Missouri River.
Lorenzen admits many of the DNR’s statewide numbers, such as the number of hunting and fishing licenses sold, will not be released until next month because the 2025 licenses are valid until January 10. However, he does have some harvest numbers that can be released.
*Turkeys harvested in 2025-15,746…