6 public waters in the Wabash Valley & West Central region — 2 lakes/reservoirs and 4 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on an Indiana licence.
See every public fishing venue in Indiana on the map, with boat ramps, camping, parking and full rules for each one.
Lake Freeman, a 1,547-acre impoundment in Carroll County's Wabash Valley, is a solid all-around warmwater lake producing largemouth bass, bluegill, redear sunfish, and black crappie alongside white bass and walleye. Channel catfish and white crappie add depth to the fishery on this mid-sized Hoosier reservoir.
In Carroll County, Indiana, Wallys Woods Lake is a 11-acre lake, managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources (public fishing access site). A northern-Indiana natural lake — kettle lakes left by the glaciers across Steuben, LaGrange, Noble, Kosciusko and Marshall counties (the state's 'lake country'). Largemouth Bass, bull Bluegill and shellcracker, Black Crappie, Northern Pike, and Yellow Perch and Walleye in the deeper, clearer ones. Many have a public access site and a 10-hp or ski-hours rule.
The Tippecanoe River — one of the most biologically diverse rivers in the Midwest, a National Water Trail flowing 180 miles through the northern lakes country to the Wabash. Smallmouth Bass, Rock Bass, Redhorse, channel and Flathead Catfish, Northern Pike, and Walleye below the Oakdale and Norway dams. Canoe-and-wade water.
Wildcat Creek (133 km) flows through Carroll, Tippecanoe, Howard and 2 more counties in Indiana. A warmwater Indiana river or large creek (Sugar Creek, Wildcat Creek, Eel River, Mississinewa, Salamonie, Blue River, Flatrock, Driftwood, Whitewater) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Bluegill and redear, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Northern Pike in the northern ones. Wade or canoe; access at DNR sites and bridges. Sugar Creek and the Blue River are the state's canoeing classics.
Deer Creek (63 km) flows through Carroll, Cass, Miami and 1 more county in Indiana. A warmwater Indiana river or large creek (Sugar Creek, Wildcat Creek, Eel River, Mississinewa, Salamonie, Blue River, Flatrock, Driftwood, Whitewater) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Bluegill and redear, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Northern Pike in the northern ones. Wade or canoe; access at DNR sites and bridges. Sugar Creek and the Blue River are the state's canoeing classics.
In Clinton, Carroll and Tippecanoe Counties, Indiana, Middle Fork Wildcat Creek is a 6 km river or creek. A warmwater Indiana river or large creek (Sugar Creek, Wildcat Creek, Eel River, Mississinewa, Salamonie, Blue River, Flatrock, Driftwood, Whitewater) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Bluegill and redear, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Northern Pike in the northern ones. Wade or canoe; access at DNR sites and bridges. Sugar Creek and the Blue River are the state's canoeing classics.
Across its mapped waters, Carroll County holds 19 species on PiscaMaps, including Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Channel Catfish, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rock Bass and Flathead Catfish.
Ramps, put-ins and species for every water — plus the carp layer no other US app has.
Open the Indiana map Join PiscaMapsOne Indiana Department of Natural Resources fishing licence covers every public water in the state, the DNR reservoirs included (no separate lake permit) — resident annual about $23, non-resident annual about $60, with 1-day and 7-day short-term options. A ~$12 trout/salmon stamp (resident and non-resident) is required to fish for or possess trout or salmon anywhere, including Lake Michigan and its tributaries. Indiana residents 64 and older, and anyone under 18, do not need a licence. Buy at on.IN.gov/INHuntFish.