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Fishing is a popular activity at Brushy Creek. The creek and Des Moines River provide a challenge to the angler with smallmouth bass and panfish as favorite catches. Several boat ramps and fishing jetties are located around the 690-acre (2.8 km) lake. A fishing pier is located on the west side
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700:Okamanpedan
695:Nine Eagles
640:Lake Manawa
630:Lake Keomah
605:Honey Creek
570:Emerson Bay
492:State Parks
472:Iowa portal
439:Port Louisa
133: /
109:Coordinates
1509:Categories
1444:Mill Creek
1404:Eagle Lake
1356:Woodthrush
1226:Retz Woods
1221:Pilot Knob
1171:Mossy Glen
785:Twin Lakes
760:Rock Creek
720:Pilot Knob
710:Pikes Peak
690:Mini-Wakan
620:Lake Anita
600:Gull Point
550:Clear Lake
545:Cedar Rock
535:Black Hawk
520:Beeds Lake
429:Neal Smith
244:Equestrian
221:Fort Dodge
186:state park
118:42°23′29″N
1474:Swan Lake
1449:Oak Grove
931:Bird Hill
815:Waubonsie
755:Rice Lake
730:Pine Lake
665:Lower Gar
530:Big Creek
154:Elevation
121:93°59′3″W
1389:Bobwhite
1382:(Leased)
878:Stephens
843:Backbone
575:Fairport
560:Elk Rock
525:Bellevue
505:Backbone
299:hunter.
217:Duncombe
91:Location
1166:Montauk
853:Gifford
848:Barkley
775:Templar
750:Red Haw
366:Federal
294:Hunting
196:in the
170:Website
95:Webster
1459:Pammel
1434:Kearny
1370:County
1101:Kalsow
873:Shimek
655:Ledges
419:DeSoto
285:Trails
213:Lehigh
936:Bixby
858:Holst
770:Stone
585:Geode
483:State
184:is a
358:Iowa
194:Iowa
146:Area
99:Iowa
356:of
188:in
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