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Are you looking for new places to hunt?
Indiana Private Lands Access Program (IPLA) has a new self-service sign-in system for hunters wishing to hunt private properties. Small game, deer, and waterfowl hunters can visit the new website to view available locations, photos, and maps, as well as property rules.
Hunt windows can be up to three days long, depending on when you register. The system resets at 8 p.m. ET on the final night of each 3-day cycle. Hunters can sign up for the same property only twice in a row. Be sure to sign up early during each window.
Remember: Game bird (pheasant and quail) and turkey hunts are still administered through the reserved hunt draw system.
As IPLA continues to work with private landowners, more properties will likely be added -stay tuned for more places to hunt.
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The best opportunity to buy a new or used boat or RV occurs at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis September 23-25 with the 33rd Annual Fall Boat & RV Show.
The Indianapolis Fall Boat & RV Show is a truly unique opportunity for consumers to view, compare and buy from a huge selection of new, used, and year-end model boats and RVs at unbeatable savings. It is a good way to save money on a new or used boat or RV.
Many dealers at the Show will also accept trade-ins and on-the-spot financing will be available.
New model year units will soon be on dealers’ lots, and they are looking to sell their remaining current year models, at big savings, in order to make room.
The Show takes place in the State Fairgrounds’ West Pavilion with over five and a half acres of exhibition space all under one roof. Show hours are Friday, September 23, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Saturday, September 24, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; and Sunday, September 25, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Online pricing for admission through September 22 is $8 for adults. Box office admission is $10. Youngsters 12 and under are admitted free. Visit Indysportshow.com to purchase tickets online.
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The Indiana DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife recently completed annual striped bass and hybrid striped bass stockings. More than 30,000 striped bass were added to two of southern Indiana’s largest public lakes, Brookville and Cecil M. Harden. In addition, more than 247,000 hybrid striped bass were added to 10 public lakes throughout the state.
The breakdown of lake stockings of striped and hybrid striped bass follows, with the respective counties listed in parentheses:
- Worster Lake (St. Joseph) – 3,270 hybrids
- Cedar Lake (Lake) – 7,810 hybrids
- Lake Shafer (White) – 12,910 hybrids
- Nyona Lake (Fulton) – 1,040 hybrids
- Lake Freeman (Carroll and White) – 15,470 hybrids
- Clare Lake (Huntington) – 420 hybrids
- Shadyside Park Lake (Madison) – 1,575 hybrids
- Cecil M. Harden Lake (Parke) – 15,233 striped bass
- Brookville Lake (Union and Franklin) – 15,274 striped bass
- Monroe Lake (Monroe and Brown) – 140,575 hybrids
- Hardy Lake (Scott) – 10,000 hybrids
- Patoka Lake (Dubois, Crawford, and Orange) – 54,000 hybrids
Hybrid striped bass production at East Fork Fish Hatchery exceeded the annual request for 2022. Surplus fish were stocked in Monroe, Hardy, Shadyside, and Patoka lakes. Fish were stocked as fingerlings, averaged 1.5 inches in length, and should reach a catchable size of 14 inches in 2024.
Indiana anglers can look forward to continued quality striped and hybrid striped bass fishing opportunities in the coming years. Learn more about fishing these species in Indiana here at dnr.IN.gov/fish-and-wildlife/fishing/striped-and-hybrid-striped-bass-fishing.
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After experiencing years of wear and tear over the years, Lake Webster’s Backwater’s boat ramp was ready for an upgrade.
To complete the project, Indiana DNR Public Access employees tore out the ramp and replaced it with newly constructed precast slabs. The longer ramp extends farther into the water to better protect against the effects of power loading. Along with the boat ramp, the employees re-striped the parking lot.
Public Access also plans to add a new launching pier on to the site, and they will refurbish the current pier during the winter. Similar projects in northern Indiana are slated for West Otter Lake, Pretty Lake, and Bear Lake this year.
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It’s that time to register for Indiana’s Put/Take Pheasant hunts.
Registration for the 2022 Put/Take Pheasant Hunts opens Sept. 14 at 7 a.m. ET and continues to the end of the Put/Take Pheasant Hunt period, Nov. 27. The hunts take place from Nov.19–27, beginning the Saturday before Thanksgiving and continuing through the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
Registration costs $30 per slot and is first-come, first-served. Once the daily hunter quota is reached, the area becomes unavailable. Hunters should print their registration confirmation sheet and bring it with them on the day of their hunts. The bag limit is two pheasants per person each day.
The Fish & Wildlife areas participating are Atterbury, Glendale, J.E. Roush Lake, Pigeon River, Tri County, Willow Slough, and Winamac. To find out more, please contact the property you are interested in hunting.