Indiana Fishing Regulations
Are you familiar with the fishing regulation in Indiana?
It is never a bad idea to check it again before your next outing.
Indiana Fishing License
Purchasing a fishing license you are helping to preserve the environment and also ensure that future generations can enjoy fishing as you are.
Among other things, your fishing license fees support fisheries and hatcheries management, education programs about fishing and conservation, protection of endangered species.
Here it is where you can get your fishing license.
Links to Indiana Government Agencies
Here are a few websites of Indiana's agencies involved in regulation and conservation.
Indiana Fishing News
Check out what is the latest fishing buzz in Indiana.
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FORD OUTDOORS: Bubba doesn't mind messing with these fish
- “What’d ya use?” “Dug worms,” I said. “And they weren’t even that nice. I left them in the sun a little too long, but the fish didn’t seem to mind. They Evansville Courier & Press Posted May 18, 2013 at 6:33 p.m. Part of my ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 5/18/2013 11:04:07 PM
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Free fishing among events coming up at Audubon State Park
- State residents and nonresidents can fish any allowable inland water in Kentucky this weekend without a fishing license. Adults can fish free ... Lantern Hike/National Trails Day: People can venture out on the trail with the park’s ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 5/17/2013 10:00:53 PM
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Country Rhodes Fish Fry planned
- TERRE HAUTE — Full Gospel Assembly of God will be having a Country Rhodes Fish Fry from 4 to 7 p.m. May 25 at the North Terre Haute Firehouse on Park Avenue. Ticket prices are $9 for adults and $6 for children, with children 2 and under free. All ...
- Tribune-Star
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- 5/16/2013 8:54:39 AM
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DNR: Shark in Wabash River just another fish tale
- INDIANAPOLIS — The online photo is just the kind of thing to give the heebie-jeebies to anyone about to dangle their toes in their favorite swimming hole: a toothy shark breaching a river's murky surface. Now, throw the image on a social media ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 5/14/2013 2:47:47 PM
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Northern Indiana man could face charges for shooting fish
- ELKHART, Ind. — A northern Indiana man who allegedly shot a 42-inch-long muskie with a bow and arrow could face formal charges for killing the fish. Twenty-three-year-old Cory Barnett of Elkhart was cited by State Conservation officers with ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 5/13/2013 11:35:42 AM
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Hoosiers fishing for another Gordon or two
- The name Gordon is inextricably linked to Indiana University basketball ... five years after one-time Illinois commit Eric Gordon’s single season in Bloomington became intertwined with the Kelvin Sampson debacle. Add in an injured left ...
- Bedford Times-Mail
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- 5/12/2013 3:15:48 AM
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Stupidity led to invention, good day of creative fishing
- We’ve all heard the saying, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” It’s true, I guess, but certainly not the only reason we’re inspired to get creative. There are times necessity is our own doing, when we paint ourselves into the ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 5/5/2013 5:50:15 PM
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State officials say they won't enforce ban on fishing near dams
- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — (AP) — State and federal agencies are at odds as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presses ahead with a ban on fishing from boats both above and below Cumberland River watershed dams. The Corps office in Nashville announced ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 4/30/2013 11:54:06 PM
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Salmon Inlumi -- just one way to use this healthy fish
- Salmon is also high in B vitamins and many essential minerals. At Inlumi on Indiana 261 in Newburgh, executive chef Sam Wagoner has made waves with his rendition of a pan-seared salmon sandwich. Wagoner coats a top-quality 6-ounce salmon filet ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 4/24/2013 12:02:24 AM
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EDITORIAL: Chicago sinkhole could be fishing hole
- Florida has sinkholes that materialize suddenly, swallowing cars, houses and, most recently and tragically, a person. The rest of the country regards these and other natural disasters — such as hurricanes and Burmese pythons — as a fair ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 4/22/2013 2:16:36 PM
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For the love of fishing
- Starting his own business this January has allowed Embry, 57, to pass on what he’s learned in his 35-year fishing career to anyone who wants to fish in Indiana. After several years of running local bass tournaments and retiring from General ...
- Bedford Times-Mail
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- 4/20/2013 6:58:09 PM
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Fairview fish fry
- BEDFORD — Fairview Community Church will conduct a fish fry fundraiser April 26 and 27 on the Tractor Supply parking lot, 2653 16th St. Church members will serve meals from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on April 26 and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 27.
- Bedford Times-Mail
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- 4/19/2013 10:59:44 AM
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FORD OUTDOORS: Take more equipment fishing than you need
- Considering options is a must-do before any fishing trip. Limit them and you just might doom yourself to abject failure and eating out when you so hoped to be eating something in instead. Not that every fishing trip I make is undertaken as a ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 4/14/2013 1:33:00 AM
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Rally aims to boost opposition to dam fishing restrictions
- EDDYVILLE, Ky. — A rally this weekend is aimed at gathering more opposition to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposal to restrict fishing near 10 dams along the Cumberland River and its tributaries in Kentucky and Tennessee. The Paducah Sun ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 4/12/2013 5:20:16 PM
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Fountain fish found
- (Herald-Times / DAVID SNODGRESS) BLOOMINGTON — While Indiana University officials enjoy basketball success as much as anyone, they don’t look forward to victory celebrations that in the past have resulted in damages to Showalter Fountain or ...
- Bedford Times-Mail
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- 4/9/2013 1:20:27 PM
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Fish, for compliments
- Tortillas filled with a tasty mix of salmon and salsa make a festive weekday dinner. Photograph by Steve Legato for “The Dinnertime Survival Cookbook,” by Debra Ponzek with Mary Goodbody; Running Press, 2013. (Special to the Times-Mail ...
- Bedford Times-Mail
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- 4/6/2013 2:21:16 PM
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Freshest fish traded in the dead of the NYC night
- NEW YORK — Think Wall Street trading is brutal? Head up to the grittiest part of the South Bronx, where cutthroat deals are made in the dead of night on a massive concrete floor that reeks of fish guts. The New Fulton Fish Market is the nation ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 4/6/2013 12:48:13 PM
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DNR program calls for fishing in the city
- TERRE HAUTE — Urban anglers will have more fishing opportunities this year thanks to a new program through the Indiana Department of Natural Resources called Go FishIN in the City. With the help of local partners, the DNR will stock 5,000 catchable-size ..
- Tribune-Star
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- 4/6/2013 8:59:09 AM
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Fish fry, silent auction to benefit Clay Habitat group
- BRAZIL, Ind. — Habitat for Humanity of Clay County has scheduled a Jonah Fish Fry and Silent Auction from 4 to 7 p.m. on April 13 at the Brazil National Guard Armory on South Indiana 59. Prize donations are still being accepted for the silent auction.
- Tribune-Star
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- 4/5/2013 5:07:06 PM
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FORD: Private surprise yields good fishing
- Fishing spots tend to tease you long before you get to actually fish them. They almost always lend a feast to the eyes spreading out in front of you long before you get to step to the bank for a cast or push the boat away from its mooring to ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 3/30/2013 11:47:55 PM
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POTTER: Kentucky to hold first fish-in
- If you missed the sit-ins and be-ins of the 1960s you can now take part in the first Kentucky fish-in. It started a few months ago when Judge Wade White of Lyon County challenged the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) decision to restrict angling ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 3/30/2013 8:48:57 PM
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Avoca Fish Hatchery to close
- BEDFORD — After nearly 100 years of raising fish to stock Indiana waters, the Avoca Fish Hatchery is nearing the end of its productive life. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has initiated the process of decommissioning the hatchery.
- Bedford Times-Mail
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- 3/28/2013 1:34:40 PM
Indiana Guides/Outfitters
Want to learn a new fishing technique or need some help for you next outing? Check out one of the guide/outfitter services listed below.
- Northern Indiana Guide Service
- Northern Indiana Guide Service covers all of northern Indiana's salmon and Steelhead streams. I was finally able to get my first steelhead on fly.
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Indiana Fishing Clubs
Want to join an interest group near you?
Look up the following list of fishing clubs in Indiana.
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