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MWA Report
Hungry for a fish dinner?
The Michiana Walleye Association will host another fundraiser fish fry for the public June 28 at the clubhouse.
The club accepts a donation of $13 per meal. It includes Pollock and assorted fresh fish, coleslaw, potato salad, and tartar sauce.
Hours are 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., but be advised it only lasts until they run out of fish.
The club is located in Mishawaka at 13040 Day Road.
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By Louie Stout
Flathead catfish
The fact that flathead catfish have appeared in Indiana sections of the St. Joseph River may be good news to some anglers, but Dar Deegan is concerned.
Although the flatheads are native to the Mississippi River system – waters south of Michiana – they aren’t native to the St. Joe.
That concerns Deegan, aquatic river biologist for Elkhart and South Bend.
“They have been in the Michigan sections of the St. Joe but we haven’t encountered any up here during the 25 years we’ve been surveying – until last year,” said Deegan, who samples river fish regularly to evaluate the health of the river and its fish populations.
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IDNR Report
Brown Trout
In late May, biologists with the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife stocked two bodies of water in northeast Indiana with roughly 3,000 brown trout averaging 8 inches in length.
The trout, obtained from Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery in Kentucky, were stocked into the Oliver Lake chain in LaGrange County (Oliver, Olin, and Martin lakes) and the Pigeon River at county roads 327 and 175 in Steuben County.
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IDNR Report
Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating the death of a Robert Guinnup, 72 of Monticello after his body was recovered from the Tippecanoe River in White County over the weekend.
At approximately 6:13 p.m., White County Dispatch received a 911 call of a possible drowning that occurred just upstream from the Blue Water access site on the Tippecanoe River.
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IDNR and MDNR Report
Indiana offers four Free Fishing Days each year to provide Indiana residents the chance to fish without the need for a fishing license and next weekend is one of those.
The weekend of June 4 and 5 marks two of those days. Take the weekend to spend time by the water with family or friends. The special weekend is open only to Indiana residents.
Michigan offers its free fishing weekend June 11-12. Unlike Indiana, Michigan’s free fishing weekend is open to non-residents as well. Michigan offers waives its passport requirements for boating access sites.