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Hunters can apply for additional reserved hunt opportunities on Indiana Fish and Wildlife Areas.
Sign-up is at on.IN.gov/reservedhunt. The online method is the only way to apply for the hunts listed below. No late entries will be accepted. Applicants must possess a hunting license that is valid for the hunt for which they apply.
Many of these additional hunting opportunities are available through Fish & Wildlife managed Game Bird Habitat Areas (GBA) and through the Indiana Private Lands Access program (IPLA). Learn more about IPLA at bit.ly/3fTWbu8.
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The Indiana DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife wants to hear your ideas on fishing, hunting, trapping, and other fish and wildlife-related regulations in Indiana, including special permits regarding those topics.
Through Sept. 15, you can use a convenient online form to contribute ideas and provide input on issues the DNR has identified for consideration.
The form is at:Â on.IN.gov/gotinput
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The Indiana DNR has completed its annual stocking of striped bass and hybrid striped bass across several lakes in Indiana.
DNR Fisheries have stocked more than 125,000 2-inch striped bass fingerlings in four southern Indiana public lakes and more than 134,000 2-inch hybrid striped bass fingerlings in nine lakes throughout the state. The stockings met or exceeded DNRÃs 2021 stocking goals for the two species.
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Indiana Conservation Officers’ Operation Dry Water (ODW) results during the heightened enforcement weekend of July 2-4 in the counties of Wabash, Miami, Fulton, Marshall, St. Joseph, Elkhart, and Kosciusko resulted in 3 BUI arrests, 22 boating citations, and 48 boating warnings.
In addition, the 11 conservation officers participating in ODW in District 1 (northern Indiana) contacted a total of 962 boaters while patrolling waterways.
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Brown Trout
The Indiana DNR is expanding its inland trout program to include rearing brown trout in-house at state hatcheries.
In June, Indiana DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife officials received nearly 2,500 brown trout from the Ohio DNR. Most of those trout were stocked into streams in northern Indiana, including Pigeon River, Little Elkhart River, and Solomon Creek, but 400 were held back at Curtis Creek Trout Rearing Station to develop as broodstock. These are adult trout used for egg production. Once mature, the adult trout will produce enough fertile eggs to meet the demands of the new rearing program.Â