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Brookville Lake is a public lake in Franklin County, Indiana, managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources. It is public water managed for fishing by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Public access confirmed via marquee water.
Brookville Lake (5,260 ac) on the East Fork Whitewater — Indiana's premier walleye lake (stocked and self-sustaining), plus largemouth and smallmouth bass, white bass and hybrid stripers, crappie, bluegill and channel catfish. Clear, deep water with two state recreation areas.
Brookville Lake covers about 5,260 acres in the Southern Hills & Ohio River region. Anglers here mostly fish for largemouth bass, spotted bass, white bass, hybrid striped bass; black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, channel catfish are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Whitewater Lake and Tall Oaks Lake.
Species from Indiana DNR access and trout-water data.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Indiana. Many state-park and reservoir properties gate at dark or post hours, and some Fish & Wildlife Area lakes are daylight-only — check the property rules. Trotlines, limblines and bank poles are legal on most warmwater rivers and some lakes (not on trout/salmon water) with the gear tagged; the Ohio and Wabash allow more commercial-style gear under a separate permit.
Boats: Monroe, Patoka, Brookville, Mississinewa, Salamonie, the Ohio and the big flowages (Freeman, Shafer) have no horsepower limit; idle / no-wake zones and 'ski hours' are marked and enforced. Most northern natural lakes have a 10-hp limit or restricted skiing hours, and the smaller DNR and FWA lakes are electric-motor-only. Indiana requires boater education for operators born after 31 Dec 1986.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at Indiana state parks and reservoirs (which sit on the best lakes — Monroe, Patoka, Brookville, Mississinewa, Salamonie, Raccoon/Cecil M. Harden, Hardy Lake), the state forests, the Hoosier National Forest around Monroe and Patoka, and the state Fish & Wildlife Areas (primitive camping on several). The Indiana Dunes National Park has camping near the Lake Michigan shore.
Boat ramps: 1 mapped — Bonwell Hill Ramp.
Camping: 3 sites mapped nearby — Tailwater Shelter 2 (Brookville Lake), Tailwater Shelter 1 (Brookville Lake), Overlook Shelter (Brookville Lake).
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 18-64 needs an Indiana Department of Natural Resources fishing licence — resident annual is about $23, non-resident annual about $60, and short-term (1-day / 7-day) licences are sold. A trout/salmon stamp (about $12) is required to fish for or possess trout or salmon anywhere in the state; on Lake Michigan and its tributaries that stamp also covers the salmon. Indiana residents 64 and older, and anyone under 18, do not need a licence; a resident 'Lifetime' and a low-cost senior licence are available. A single licence covers the DNR reservoirs (no separate lake permit). Buy from the DNR at on.IN.gov/INHuntFish. An Indiana fishing licence covers this water, DNR reservoirs included (no separate lake permit). Lake Michigan and its tributaries need the trout/salmon stamp.
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