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The chain of lakes that comprise the Iowa Great Lakes have long harbored a reputation as being an angling paradise.\u000ACAST A LINE AND UNWIND\u000A 76 VACATION OKOBOJI 2022\u000ALOCAL LAKES\u000ABIG SPIRIT LAKE \u2013 at 5,684 acres, it is easily Iowa\u2019s largest natural lake.\u000AMax. depth: 24\u2019 (median depth: 17\u2019)\u000ALITTLE SPIRIT LAKE \u2013 618 acres Max. depth: 10\u2019 (median depth: 6\u2019)\u000AWEST LAKE OKOBOJI \u2013 Iowa\u2019s second largest natural lake at 3,847 acres and easily the state\u2019s deepest natural lake.\u000AMax. depth: 136\u2019 (median depth: 39\u2019)\u000AEAST LAKE OKOBOJI \u2013 1,835 acres Max. depth: 22\u2019 (median depth: 10\u2019)\u000AUPPER GAR \u2013 37 acres\u000AMax. depth: 5\u2019 (median depth: 3.5\u2019)\u000ALOWER GAR \u2013 242 acres\u000AMax. depth: 6\u2019 (median depth: 4\u2019)\u000AMINNEWASHTA \u2013 126 acres\u000AMax. depth: 16\u2019 (median depth: 10\u2019)\u000ASILVER LAKE \u2013 1,041 acres\u000AMax. depth: 11\u2019 (median depth: 6\u2019)\u000ACENTER LAKE \u2013 263 acres\u000AMax. depth: 17\u2019 (median depth: 12\u2019)\u000AWhen fishing, please practice selective harvest. Keep only those fish you can use for the occasional meal and release the others. It is a \u2018gentleman\u2019s agreement\u2019\u000Ain the lakes area, for instance, that the muskie, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass species are catch-and-release only.\u000A