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Interested anglers and members of the public are invited to an open meeting April 25 in Columbia City to learn and ask questions about a largemouth bass management project planned for Tri-Lakes.

The chain of lakes is located north of Columbia City and consists of Round, Cedar and Little Cedar.

The multi-year project aims to increase the number of sizable largemouth bass in Tri-Lakes through a series of largemouth bass relocations. The system has an abundance of slow-growing bass between 8-13.5 inches and the plan calls to remove some them to another lake. Biologists believe the project will allow those bass remaining in Tri-Lakes to grow faster with less competition and create more of a balance in the fishery.

The meeting will be held at the Thorncreek Township Fire Department, 821 E 500 N. From 7-8:30 p.m. ET, DNR fisheries biologists will introduce the project, explain its goals, share data and anticipated results, and then answer questions.

“Local anglers have wanted us to improve the size of largemouth bass at Tri-Lakes for several years,” said Tyler Delauder, the district’s fisheries biologist. “We hope this project will allow us to do that.”

To learn more about the project, see wildlife.IN.gov/fishing/largemouth-bass. To learn more about the open meeting, see events.IN.gov/event/tri-lakes-open-meeting.

If you can’t attend the meeting and would like additional information, email D3Fish@dnr.IN.gov.