Fish consumption advisories
Indiana
Indiana publishes advisories for 234 waters, covering 2538 species-and-size recommendations.
Waters with advisories in Indiana
234 waters on file. A water not listed here has no advisory in the state's data — which usually means it has never been sampled, not that it's been cleared.
Coastals 1
- Lake Michigan Lake/Laporte/Porter/St. Joseph
Lakes 59
- Barbee Lakes Kosciusko
- Bass Lake Starke
- Big Lake Noble
- Blue Lake Whitley
- Breckenridge Ditch Laporte
- Cedar Lake Lake
- Center Lake Steuben
- Clear Lake Laporte
- Crane Lake Noble
- Crooked Creek Porter
- Crooked Lake Noble/Whitley
- Delaware Lake Marion
- Fancher Lake Lake
- Fox Lake Steuben
- Glenn Flint Lake Putnam
- Goose Lake Whitley
- Harner Lake, Bicentennial Nature Area Tippecanoe
- Henderson Lake Noble
- Huntingburg Lake Dubois
- JC Murphey Lake Newton
- Kokomo Reservoir Howard
- Koontz Lake Marshall/Starke
- Lake George North Lake
- Lake George South Lake
- Lake James Steuben
- Lake Kai Laporte
- Lake Lemon Brown/Monroe
- Lake Manitou Fulton
- Lake Maxinkuckee Marshall
- Lake of the Woods Marshall
- Little Vermillion River Vermillion
- Loon Lake Noble/Whitley
- Main Beaver Dam Ditch Lake
- Marquette/Grand Calumet/Miller Lagoons Lake
- Marsh Ditch Allen
- Middle Fork Reservior Wayne County
- Old Lake Whitley
- Old Timber Lake Ripley County
- Olin Lake Lagrange
- Oliver Lake Lagrange
- Otter Lake Steuben
- Palestine Lake Kosciusko
- Pike Lake Kosciusko
- Reservoir 29 Sullivan
- Shriner Lake Whitley
- Skinner Lake Noble
- Spring Mill Park Lake Lawrence County
- Springwood Lake Wayne County
- Spurgeon Hollow Lake Washington County
- Stone Lake/Pine Lake Laporte
- Story Lake Dekalb
- Tippecanoe Lake Kosciusko
- Treaty Creek Wabash County
- Tri Lakes Whitley
- Turtle Creek Sullivan
- Webster Lake Kosciusko
- White Water Lake Union County
- Winona Lake Kosciusko
- Wolf Lake Lake
Ponds 5
- Krannert Pond Marion
- Meadowlark Pond Hamilton
- Park Pond Number Two Hendricks
- Ruble Park Pond East Vigo
- Ruble Park Pond West Vigo
Reservoirs 33
- Brookville Reservoir Franklin/Union
- Cagles Mill Reservoir (Cataract Lake) Putnam
- Cecil M Harden Lake Parke
- Dogwood Lake Daviess
- Eagle Creek Reservoir Marion
- Geist Reservoir Hamilton/Marion
- Green Valley Mine Pond Vigo
- Hardy Lake Jefferson/Scott
- Hominy Ridge Lake Wabash
- Hovey Lake Posey
- J. Edward Roush Lake Huntington
- Lake Freeman Carroll/White
- Lake George Lake
- Lake Kickapoo Clay/Greene/Sullivan
- Lake Lenape Greene
- Lake Shafer White
- Lake Shakamak Clay/Sullivan
- Lake Sullivan Sullivan
- Lake Waveland Montgomery/Parke
- Mississinewa Reservoir Miami/Wabash
- Monroe Reservoir Brown/Monroe
- Morse Reservoir Hamilton
- Patoka Lake Crawford/Dubois/Orange
- Prairie Creek Reservoir Delaware
- Prides Creek Lake Pike
- Rockville Lake Parke
- Salamonie Reservoir Huntington/Wabash
- Starve Hollow Lake Jackson
- Summit Lake Henry
- Sylvan Lake Noble
- Tucker Lake Orange
- Turtle Creek Reservoir Sullivan
- Worster Lake St. Joseph
Rivers 63
- Anderson River Perry/Spencer
- Big Raccoon Creek Parke
- Blue River Harrison/Washington
- Deep River Lake
- Driftwood River Bartholomew
- East Arm Little Calumet River Porter
- East Fork White River Bartholomew/Jackson/Washington
- East Fork White River Daviess/Dubois/Lawrence/Martin/Pike
- East Fork Whitewater River Union/Wayne
- Eel River (Upper Wabash River Basin) Cass/Kosciusko/Miami/Wabash/Whitley
- Eel River (West Fork White River Basin) Clay/Greene/Owen/Putnam
- Elkhart River Elkhart
- Elliott Ditch Tippecanoe
- Fall Creek Marion
- Fall Creek Hamilton/Madison
- Fawn River Lagrange/Steuben
- Flatrock River Bartholomew/Decatur/Rush/Shelby
- Galena River Laporte
- Grand Calumet River Lake
- Great Miami River Dearborn
- Indian Creek Martin
- Indiana Harbor Canal Lake
- Iroquois River Jasper/Newton
- Kankakee River Jasper/Lake/Laporte/Newton/Porter/Starke
- Little Calumet River Lake
- Little Mississinewa River Randolph
- Little Wabash River Allen/Huntington
- Lost River Martin
- Maumee River Allen
- Mississinewa River Randolph
- Mississinewa River Delaware/Grant/Miami/Wabash
- Muscatatuck River Jackson/Jefferson/Jennings/Scott/Washington
- North Fork Elkhart River Noble
- Ohio River Posey
- Ohio River Clark/Crawford/Dearborn/Floyd/Harrison/Jefferson/Ohio/Perry/Posey/Spencer/Switzerland/Vanderburgh/Warrick
- Patoka River Dubois/Gibson/Pike
- Pigeon River Lagrange
- Saint Marys River Allen
- Salamonie River Blackford/Huntington/Jay/Wabash/Wells
- St. Joseph River (Lake Erie Basin) Allen
- St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan Basin) St. Joseph
- St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan Basin) St. Joseph
- St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan Basin) Elkhart
- Tippecanoe River White
- Tippecanoe River Kosciusko
- Tippecanoe River Carroll/Tippecanoe/White
- Tippecanoe River Kosciusko
- Tippecanoe River Fulton/Pulaski/Starke/Tippecanoe
- Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River Jackson/Jennings
- Wabash River Huntington/Wabash
- Wabash River Adams/Jay/Wells
- Wabash River Carroll/Cass/Miami/Tippecanoe
- Wabash River Gibson/Posey
- Wabash River Knox/Sullivan/Vigo
- Wabash River Fountain/Parke/Tippecanoe/Vermillion/Warren
- Wea Creek Tippecanoe
- West Fork White River Hamilton/Marion
- West Fork White River Randolph
- West Fork White River Delaware/Hamilton/Madison
- West Fork White River Daviess/Gibson/Greene/Knox/Owen/Pike
- West Fork White River Johnson/Marion/Morgan
- Whitewater River Randolph/Wayne/Fayette/Franklin/Dearborn
- Yellow River Starke
Streams 73
- Baugo Creek Elkhart
- Bean Blossom Creek Monroe
- Big Blue River Johnson/Shelby
- Big Lick Creek Blackford/Delaware/Grant/Jay
- Big Monon Creek White
- Big Pine Creek Warren
- Big Walnut Creek Putnam
- Black Creek Knox
- Blue Creek Adams
- Boggs Creek Martin
- Buck Creek Delaware
- Burns Ditch Porter
- Cedar Creek Allen/Dekalb
- Christiana Creek Elkhart
- Clear Creek (East Fork White River) Monroe
- Coffee Creek Porter
- Deer Creek Putnam
- Duck Creek Hamilton
- Eagle Creek Marion
- Eagle Creek Marion
- Eagle Creek Boone/Marion
- East Fork White Lick Creek Marion
- Fairfield Ditch Allen
- Fall Creek Marion
- Fish Creek Dekalb
- Government Ditch Cass/Miami
- Hart Ditch Lake
- Honey Creek Vigo
- Indian Creek Harrison
- Kokomo Creek Howard
- Laughery Creek Dearborn/Ohio
- Little Cedar Creek Dekalb
- Little Deer Creek Cass
- Little Lick Creek Blackford
- Little Sugar Creek Montgomery
- Little Walnut Creek Putnam
- Middle Fork Wildcat Creek Tippecanoe
- Muddy Fork of Sand Creek Decatur
- Pigeon Creek Vanderburgh
- Pigeon Creek Steuben
- Pipe Creek Miami
- Pipe Creek (White River Basin) Hamilton/Madison
- Pleasant Run Marion
- Pleasant Run Creek Lawrence
- Plummer Creek Greene
- Pollard Ditch Sullivan
- Richland Creek Greene
- Richland Creek Greene/Monroe/Owen
- Salt Creek Lawrence/Monroe
- Salt Creek Porter
- Sand Creek Decatur/Jackson/Jennings
- Silver Creek Floyd/Clark
- South Fork Wildcat Creek Tippecanoe
- South Fork Wildcat Creek Clinton
- Stony Creek Hamilton
- Stony Creek Hamilton
- Stouts Creek Monroe
- Sugar Creek (East Fork White River Basin) Hancock/Johnson/Madison/Shelby
- Sugar Creek (Wabash River Basin) Montgomery
- Sugar Creek (Wabash River Basin) Montgomery
- Sugar Creek (Wabash River Basin) Parke
- Sugar Creek (Wabash River Basin) Montgomery
- Sugar Creek (Walnut Fork) Montgomery
- Sugar Creek (Walnut Fork) Montgomery
- Tanners Creek Dearborn
- Trail Creek Laporte
- Tributary of Honey Creek Vigo
- Turkey Creek Lagrange
- Turkey Creek Elkhart
- Walnut Creek Kosciusko
- Wildcat Creek Howard
- Wildcat Creek Tippecanoe
- Wildcat Creek Carroll/Howard
Indiana statewide fishing limits
Statewide defaults — specific waters and zones may differ. Verify the current rules before keeping a fish.
| Species | Size | Daily limit | Open season | Keep season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth Bass | 14" min | 5 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Smallmouth Bass | 14" min | 5 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Walleye | 14" min | 6 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Muskellunge | 36" min | 1 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Northern Pike | — | 3 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Black Crappie | — | 25 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Channel Catfish | — | 10 | Year-round | Same as open |
Official rules: Indiana — Indiana DNR