7 public waters in the Wabash Valley & West Central region — 3 lakes/reservoirs and 4 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on an Indiana licence.
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Mississinewa Lake (3,210 acres) sits in Wabash and Miami Counties, Indiana, managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources. An Indiana flood-control reservoir (Mississinewa, Salamonie, J. Edward Roush/Huntington, Cagles Mill, Cecil M. Harden, Hardy, Brookville, Raccoon) — largemouth and Spotted Bass, a strong white-bass and hybrid-striped-bass fishery, Crappie, Bluegill, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Walleye or Sauger on several. Steep drawdowns in the fall for flood storage.
In Miami County, Indiana, Mississinewa Lake (wet A) is a 446-acre lake, managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Mississinewa Lake is a 3,200-acre US Army Corps of Engineers flood-control reservoir near Peru -- one of Indiana's top big-slab-crappie lakes (both white and black crappie, white dominant), with a healthy channel catfish population found all around the lake. The tailwaters below the dam (Outlet and Peoria fishing sites) add walleye, flathead catfish and white bass. Note: this record is one of several in our data representing different mapped water extents of the same reservoir at different pool levels/years -- all refer to the same physical lake.
Mississinewa Lake (dry 2017 A), a 446-acre lake in Miami County, Indiana, managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources: Mississinewa Lake is a 3,200-acre US Army Corps of Engineers flood-control reservoir near Peru -- one of Indiana's top big-slab-crappie lakes (both white and black crappie, white dominant), with a healthy channel catfish population found all around the lake. The tailwaters below the dam (Outlet and Peoria fishing sites) add walleye, flathead catfish and white bass. Note: this record is one of several in our data representing different mapped water extents of the same reservoir at different pool levels/years -- all refer to the same physical lake.
Randolph, Grant, Wabash and 2 more counties in Indiana — Mississinewa River is a 144 km stream: 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.
Miami County, Indiana — Weesau Creek is a 7 km stream: 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 Whitley, Miami, Wabash and 3 more counties in Indiana, Eel River is a 149 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, Miami County holds 17 species on PiscaMaps, including Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Redear Sunfish and Smallmouth Bass.
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.