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Last updated on Thursday, April 9, 2015
(UNDATED) - Go FishIN in the City, DNR’s urban fishing program, will continue to stock 5,000 channel catfish in communities throughout Indiana to enhance angling opportunities for Hoosiers living in urban areas.
This year, fish will be stocked on two occasions instead of three.
Half of the fish will be stocked before the first Free Fishing Day, April 18. The second half will be stocked before Free Fishing Weekend, June 6-7.
Lakes stocked include: Diamond Valley Park Pond and Garvin Park Lake, Evansville; Dobbs Park Pond, Terre Haute; Krannert Park Lake and Riverside Park Pond, Indianapolis; Lakeside Pond, Fort Wayne; Meadowlark Pond, Carmel; Munger Park Pond, Lafayette; Robinson Park, Hobart; and Washington Township Park Pond, Avon.
A map of locations and more information is at wildlife.IN.gov/7508.htm.
DNR's CookIN Gone Wild: Field to Table program visited Meadowlark Pond in Carmel for some catfishing action last year. See a video at youtube.com/watch?v=rl-O1meBtG0.
Go FishIN in the City started in 2012 as a partnership between DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife and Terre Haute Federal Prison Complex, which has an indoor aquaculture facility. DNR supplies the prison with channel catfish around 8 inches long and the prison grows these fish to 13-18 inches before stocking.
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