- Details
By Louie Stout
Bluegill limit, hunting proposals, back on Indiana DNR agenda.
That bluegill daily bag limit proposal that the Indiana DNR has been kicking down the road is back on the agenda for public consideration.
Its one of many fish and wildlife rule changes the DNR has put up for public debate.
The latest bluegill proposal is similar to the one that came up a few years ago before it got shelved despite public support. Indiana currently doesnt have a bag limit on bluegill.
The new plan tweaks the old one. While the first suggestion called for a 25-fish bag limit, the new recommendation asks for a bag limit. The amount of gills an angler could keep in one day of fishing would be determined later.
In addition, the DNR clarified the possession limit. When the bag limit came up a few years ago, vacationers complained it prohibited them from storing fish caught on an extended vacation. Under the new plan, anglers could store an unlimited number of fish as long as they were cut, wrapped and frozen, canned, vacuum-packed or otherwise preserved for long term storage.
- Details
(Provided by Indiana DNR)
The third annual Family Trout Fishing Derby will be held from 9 to 11 a.m., April 16, at Morsches Park in Columbia City.
The event is free. No fishing license or trout stamp is required because Saturday, April 16, is one of four Free Fishing Days offered by the DNR.
Before April 16, the DNR will stock approximately 400 rainbow trout in the pond at the park's north end. The trout will measure about 10 inches long. No trout fishing will be allowed until Saturday morning.
- Details
(Provided by DNR)
The Indiana DNR has received numerous questions regarding recent legislation that legalizes certain rifles for deer hunting beginning later this year. Most questions have to do with calibers and cartridges allowed under the new law.
House Enrolled Act 1231 that was passed earlier this year by the Indiana General Assembly allows some additional rifle cartridges to be used only on private land during the firearms season.
- Details
(Provided by Indiana DNR)
Hoosier fisheries biologists hope to improve coho salmon fishing in Indiana by stocking larger cohos into the St. Joseph River this spring.
The DNR has been stocking trout and salmon into Lake Michigan and its tributaries since the 1970s. But all previous coho salmon stockings were fingerlings released in the fall.
The purpose of stocking yearlings in the spring is to help the stocked cohos avoid predation and other environmental hazards as they migrate out of the St. Joseph River and into Lake Michigan.
- Details
By Louie Stout
Rural Coyotes Prey on Fawns; Urban Deer are Thriving
Remember that monster buck that was killed by a vehicle on Main Street in Mishawaka last November?
An interesting study by Ball State researchers indicates we see more of that in the future. Maybe not monster bucks, but deer/car collisions in urban areas.
The study, conducted in the Bloomington area by biology professor Tim Carter, offers insight as to why urban areas are becoming more inhabited with deer. The study showed that young deer are more than twice as likely to survive in urbanized areas as they do in rural outlays.