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Last updated on Sunday, March 25, 2018
(UNDATED) - Trout season is almost here and the Department of Natural Resources has been stocking lakes in Lake County, Tippecanoe County, Green-Sullivan State Forest, Noble County, Terre Haute, Spring Mill Lake, and Hillenbrand Fish and Wildlife Area.
DNR hatcheries produce 16 different fish species for stocking throughout Indiana.
The online fish stocking database includes DNR hatchery-raised fish and those approved by permit from a district fisheries biologist. Species include black crappie, bluegill, brown trout, channel catfish, Chinook salmon, coho salmon, grass carp, hybrid striped bass (wiper), hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, muskellunge, Northern pike, rainbow trout, redear sunfish, saugeye, steelhead, striped bass, walleye and yellow perch.
District fisheries biologists evaluate fish populations to determine the best sites for stocking. Fish stockings are not done as a cure-all for poor fishing in a lake or stream.
The annual fish stocking database includes fish stocked from DNR hatcheries, commercially purchased fish and fish stocked by fishing clubs or groups with a DNR fish stocking permit. The database has been updated to include all stockings from 2017.
It is illegal to stock fish into public water without a fish stocking permit that has been approved by a DNR fisheries management biologist. Rules and regulations apply to stocked fish and anglers should read the annual fishing regulation guide for information about proper fishing methods, seasons and catch limits. Questions about the DNR fish stocking program should be directed to the appropriate District Fisheries Management Biologist for the area or water.
2018 Trout Stocking Plan
Trout stocking plans may be altered due to weather and river level conditions.
Regulation summary
Rainbow, brown and brook trout
Open season for streams:
Last Saturday in April, after 6 a.m. local time through Dec. 31.
Streams
Bag limit: 5
Minimum size limit: 7 inches
Brown trout fishing regulations on selected waters:
Anglers may not possess brown trout at Oliver, Olin and Martin lakes in LaGrange County, and Whitewater River below Brookville Reservoir dam in Franklin County unless the trout is 18 inches or longer. The daily bag limit is five trout but no more than one shall be a brown trout. These regulations are intended to increase the number of large trout available to anglers.
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