Pole limits in Indiana

Were do usually limit out? You must keep 6 inch fish


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I very seldom EVER keep anything under 10” as you must not be seeing the pics I post. Fish West Boggs, Cataract, Raccoon, Lemon, but also, you won’t catch limits but still fish over 10” at Monroe and Patoka as both are on a really good comeback. Jig vertical, or long line jigs, or troll crankbaits. As my freezer fills up, so goes my size limit of releasing everything under 11”.

Lemon and Boggs are pretty much pay lakes with the launch fees in my book My question was why they ended with 3 poles instead of 4 with the limits


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So let's go back to the age old question why dont we just go to a 10" size limit. Just my two cents.

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well said

I would like to see some lakes in Indiana go to rules like Illinois has. If the total days catch limits is 25 per person, only keep 10 over say 10 or 11 or 12” and 15 under the size established being used on Patoka and Monroe to cull the millions of small crappies out of the lakes and stabilize the species. At least have DNR try something for a period of time to see if it improves the size of fish on the lakes. Then other lakes where the fishing pressure is heavy, go with a 10” size limit.

that sounds like a good idea to me

Sad to say, it will never happen. To much work on DNR’s part to put anything together to make it work, heaven forbid. . And they probably wouldn’t want to have more workload on their law enforcement division heaven forbid. They might have to hire a few more people heaven forbid. And lastly, DRN’s usable favorite excuse is Indiana’s growing season on crappie is too short doesn’t warrant they try anything. However, what our neighbor Illinois has been doing shows our DNR that what Illinois IS doing does worki

I totally agree


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Originally Posted by cevans

If it takes more than 3 poles for you guys to catch fish I would fish differently, or go find a different place or even body of water to fish. When I seldom but occassionally have my wife with me, I spend most of the time getting her into fish and don’t even use 3 poles and we still catch limits in 4 to 5 hrs of fishing. Just my :twocents but with the fishing pressure our lakes have right now I would hate to see allowing more poles allowed. I would rather see a size limit on crappies myself.

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I pretty much agree with Cevans, 3 poles are plenty.It would be a nightmare on some of our lakes if guys were using 6-7 poles in every boat.