Big Creek State Park

Big Creek State Park is a 3550-acre state park located in Polk County, Iowa.

Geography
Big Creek State Park is a 3550 acre park built alongside the 866 acre manmade Big Creek Lake. Big Creek Lake was created as a result of a diversion dam to the Saylorville Lake Reservoir flood control project in the 1970s. The lake and its associated State Park is located 26 miles outside Des Moines, Iowa.

Ecology
Known fish species in Big Creek Lake:


 * Lepomis macrochirus (Bluegill)
 * Ictalurus punctatus (Channel catfish)
 * Pomoxis (Crappie)
 * Sander vitreus (Walleye)
 * Micropterus salmoides (Largemouth bass)
 * Micropterus dolomieu (Smallmouth bass)
 * Esox masquinongy (Muskie)