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Michigan’s statewide trout opener approaches, and anglers across the state are making plans for April 27, the last Saturday of the month.
The Indiana DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife plans to stock nearly 63,000 rainbow and brown trout across the state this spring in preparation for inland trout fishing season, which, for inland streams, opens Saturday, April 27.
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By Louie Stout
Northern Indiana fisheries biologist Tom Bacula has been a busy man.
A few weeks ago he was on Lake of the Woods near Bremen surveying the walleye population.
More recently, he examined bass populations at Koontz Lake and Fish Lake to the west of South Bend.
Heres a preliminary look at what he saw:
Koontz: Historically, Koontz has been a good place to catch a big bass. An 8 pounder was caught there this spring and thats huge for this part of Indiana.
But the numbers of largemouth have sagged in recent years.
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By Louie Stout
Brandon Demitruk has been checking his mailbox daily for more than a month now.
Still no answer from the Indiana DNR.
Demitruk is vice president of the P.N.A. Fishermans Club in South Bend. In late March, he wrote a letter to the DNR urging them to consider buying available property on Hudson Lake northwest of South Bend and make it a public access.
The Michiana Walleye Club signed on, too.
The 400-acre lake is a good fishing lake within a short drive of South Bend and LaPorte, but access has been limited.
Until now, the only boat launch lies on the property for sale. Its there where anglers have paid a small fee to launch their boats for several years.
But the landowner has the site for sale. The state could buy the four acres for $200,000.
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