Indiana DNR Stocks Indiana Lakes with Striped and Hybrid Bass

There may be excellent news for fishermen in Indiana! The Indiana Division of Pure Sources (DNR) East Fork State Fish Hatchery has accomplished its annual hybrid striped bass and striped bass stockings in 12 lakes all through the state. In whole, 146,000 hybrid striped bass fingerlings and 78,000 striped bass fingerlings, measuring 1–2 inches in size, have been added to Indiana lakes and reservoirs this August.

The stockings aren’t new for the DNR, as striped and hybrid striped bass have been launched into lakes and reservoirs in Indiana for over a decade. The division says the stockings are achieved to diversify the fishing species and improve predation in waters with considerable populations of baitfish, resembling Gizzard Shad.

Striped and hybrid striped bass function prime open-water predators that thrive on education baitfish. The DNR says these bass may help management baitfish numbers and create angling alternatives that might in any other case not be current. One other advantage of sustaining a wholesome inhabitants of striped and hybrid bass is that these fish develop bigger than native white bass, permitting them to feed on baitfish which have grown too giant for many native predatory fish. Striped bass and hybrids additionally make nice desk fare and are identified to be sturdy fighters when hooked.

Beneath is a listing of the stockings of hybrid and striped bass by lake and county in Indiana:

• Patoka Lake (Dubois, Crawford, and Orange) – 10,000 striped bass and 44,000 hybrids
• Hardy Lake (Scott) – 1,000 striped bass and seven,000 hybrids
• Monroe Lake (Monroe and Brown) – 53,750 hybrids
• Brookville Lake (Union and Franklin) – 46,667 striped bass
• Cecil M. Harden Lake (Parke) – 20,600 striped bass
• Shadyside Park Lake (Madison) – 1,000 hybrids
• Clare Lake (Huntington) – 420 hybrids
• Lake Freeman (Carroll and White) – 15,470 hybrids
• Nyona Lake (Fulton) – 1,040 hybrids
• Lake Shafer (White) – 12,910 hybrids
• Cedar Lake (Lake) – 7,810 hybrids
• Worster Lake (St. Joseph) – 3,270 hybrids

Indiana anglers can stay up for continued high quality striped and hybrid striped bass fishing alternatives within the coming years because of these stockings. To study extra about striped and hybrid striped bass fishing, go to bit.ly/striped-hybrid-bass-fishing.

Find out about buying a fishing license at on.IN.gov/fishinglicense.

To view extra DNR information releases, please see dnr.IN.gov.

Keith Lusher

Keith Lusher is an award profitable out of doors journalist that resides in Covington, Louisiana. He owns and operates NorthshoreFishingReport.com and writes a weekly out of doors column for the Slidell Unbiased Newspaper. He additionally writes for the St.Tammany Parish Tourism Fee’s VisitTheNorthshore.com. He’s the previous host of The Northshore Fishing Report Radio Present and is on the board of the Louisiana Out of doors Writers Affiliation. Keith contributes to quite a few publications each on-line and in print and prides himself on selling South Louisiana’s distinctive fishery. To contact Keith electronic mail: keithlusherjr@gmail.com