Need lakes to fish!!

[NW Iowa Fisher]

Hi all im from northwest iowa and my uncle has a cabin about 15 mins away from republic i am up there quite a bit all year long.  I was wondering if anybody could tell me some good lakes to fish both hard and open water...anything within like 45 mins would be great!!!  Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

bent rods and tight lines

[BiG ARN]

Fish Lake   right before champion  has some monster walleye ,  pike  and crappie.    theres a snowmobile trail that goes right next to it for access from US41.    fished it last year  and did really well....crappie were so big you had to fold them in half like a taco to get them through a 6" auger hole ( No Kidding )   also got a pike over 30"  and a few keeper walleye!    thats a few minute drive from republic

[srobocop]

Go to Witch Lake and Squaw Lake(i think) are right there and i've heard they're doing good on Squaw.