UTERJanuary
Ice on the northern lakes
Bluegill through the ice.
Monroe Lake to the northern lakes
Indiana freshwater fishing
What's biting in Indiana freshwater in October: largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and spotted bass at their peak, with bluegill, redear sunfish and sauger around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 22 fish here month by month, from Lake Monroe to Lake Michigan tributaries.
Fall feed
Southern reservoirs for crappie, bass and hybrids, natural glacial lakes in the north, the Ohio River, and the Lake Michigan steelhead creeks.
Lake MonroePatoka LakeBrookville LakeLake WawaseeOhio RiverLake Michigan tributaries
Updated
Now · October
Fall feed
Crappie on brush.
Largemouth bassBlack crappie (speck)WalleyeHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Smallmouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)
This month here
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Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Black crappie (speck)
Yellow perch
Walleye
Northern pike
Muskellunge (muskie)
Blue catfish
Flathead catfish
White bass
Hybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Rainbow trout
Bluegill
Redear sunfish (shellcracker)
Sauger
Channel catfish
Brown bullhead
Freshwater drum (sheepshead)
Common carp
Longnose gar
Bowfin (mudfish)
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Ice and winter steelhead
Trail Creek steelhead.
March
Crappie move up
Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)Yellow perchNorthern pikeBlack crappie (speck)WalleyeHybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Patoka brush.
April
Bass pre-spawn
Black crappie (speck)WalleyeHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)Yellow perchSauger
Points.
May
Crappie and bass spawn
Largemouth bassBlack crappie (speck)Channel catfishWalleyeHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Smallmouth bass
Shallow coves.
June
Bluegill beds
Crickets.
July
Summer cats
Night.
August
Hot water bass
Deep cranks.
September
Fall hybrids
Channel catfishHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Smallmouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Yellow perchMuskellunge (muskie)
Schooling.
October · now
Fall feed
Largemouth bassBlack crappie (speck)WalleyeHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Smallmouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Crappie on brush.
November
Late fall
Largemouth bassBlack crappie (speck)WalleyeHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Northern pikeMuskellunge (muskie)
Walleye on riprap.
December
Ice comes north
Small lakes.
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