Indiana Fishing News

Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Ladd Kitchel of Flora, Ind.., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League® Hoosier Division tournament on Tanners Creek Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 10 pounds, 1 ounce. The victory earned Kitchel $3,592 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Kentucky/Barkley Lake Regional Championship in Gilbertsville, Ky., Oct. 15-17, where he could ultimately win a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.

LAWRENCEBURG, Indiana - The Hoosier Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit Tanners Creek in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, June 27 for the third of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA - The Hoosier Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit Lake Monroe in Bloomington, Ind., June 6 for the second of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

A recent Indiana Department of Natural Resources fisheries survey report shows angler numbers are up Pike Lake. The report summarizes the results of an angler creel survey conducted last summer by DNR fisheries biologists.

The Natural Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed administrative rule changes related to paddlefish and fishing on the Ohio River, Wednesday, May 20, at 6 p.m. local time (EDT), at Sugar Ridge Fish and Wildlife Area, 2310 East State Road 364 in Winslow, in Pike County.

Indiana Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologists are scheduled to conduct fish population surveys at 19 natural lakes this summer.

Biologists use these surveys to monitor populations over time and to help identify fish management problems. The surveys provide biologists with information on the diversity of fish present, as well their abundance, size, and rate of growth.

Indiana Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologists are scheduled to conduct fish population surveys at 19 natural lakes this summer.

Biologists use these surveys to monitor populations over time and to help identify fish management problems. The surveys provide biologists with information on the diversity of fish present, as well their abundance, size, and rate of growth.

TELL CITY, INDIANA - Terry Dillon of Danville, Indiana, won the Walmart Bass Fishing League® Hoosier Division tournament on the Ohio River Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces. The victory earned Dillon $4,037 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Kentucky/Barkley Lakes Regional Championship in Gilbertsville, Ky., Oct. 15-17, where he could ultimately win a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.

Many opportunities to catch bluegills, largemouth bass, and yellow perch, as well as well as one of the largest northern pike populations in the state, await anglers in Lake Wawasee, Indiana's largest natural lake.

No. That is not a photo of a three-masted ship anchored in a Lake Michigan bay on the cover of the May-June issue of Outdoor Indiana magazine, which goes on sale Friday.
It's Lake Maxinkuckee. The ship's the R.H. Ledbetter, a square rigger that Culver Academies uses for teaching purposes. Learn more in the issue's photo essay.