2101 Fleur Dr
Des Moines, IA 50321
USA
The 2022 CarpFEST
June 4th at Gray’s Lake
Parks and Recreation partners with the Des Moines Izaak Walton League and the Iowa DNR to bring you CarpFEST. Join us at Gray’s Lake Park in June, try your hand at Carp fishing and you could win a prize! Gear, bait and instructions are available. Carp caught may be kept by the fisherman or donated onsite to the wildlife rehabilitation organization S.O.A.R. All ages are welcome.
Enter the park from Fleur at the North West Entrance to the park.
Onsite Registration begins at 8:00 am
Fishing begins at 9:00 am and stops at 11:30.
Awards will be given out after all the fish have been recorded.
S.O.A.R.
Saving Our Avian Resources is a 501(c)(3) organization established in 1999 dedicated to saving our avian resources through raptor rehabilitation, education, and research. SOAR maintains all necessary US Fish & Wildlife Service and Iowa DNR permits to provide the rehabilitation and education.