Steelhead Trout – YUM!

If you love fishing, trout is a great catch in Indiana. Steelhead trout spawn in early spring, but start their migration upstream in September. So you have all winter long to catch these chrome beauties. Tip: Spinners, flies and shrimp are the best bait.
Interested in fisheries? Northwest Indiana, on the banks of the St. Joseph [...]

MyDNR – Indiana’s Great Outdoor Happenings!

If you’ve not signed up for this great newsletter yet….You’ve got to do it! I’ll give you a glimpse of the fall fun happening at your state parks and reserviors, but you have to promise to sign up for MyDNR soon. Enjoy!
September 27
Indiana State Park Cachers Campout, Indiana Dunes State Park (search zip [...]

Salmon Fishing in Indiana?

Yes, it happens in Indiana, fall means salmon fishing in northwest Indiana streams (Lake, LaPorte, Porter and St. Joseph counties). The fishing will be great by late September as the creeks cool and increased upstream migration to spawning beds occurs.
Tips: Dawn & dusk are prime times to wet a line, watch for deep gravel pools just [...]

DNR – MyWay!

A few year’s ago I signed up for Department of Natural Resources’ MyDNR newsletter. It’s great! You learn about all the upcoming events at all the state properties, plus you can enter to win prizes – this month’s an ipod! My favorite part is that I can customize it the stuff I want to know [...]

Great Indiana Outdoor Resources

There are so many fun things to do in Indiana…a lot many people don’t even know about. So, I wanted to share a few of my favorite online outdoor resources. They make planning easy! Hope you find these as useful as I do.

Greenways Foundation of Indiana
Hoosier National Forest
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
IndianaOutfitters.com

The Indiana Outdoors [...]

Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy…

Like to fish? New to the sport? Got your license? The best place to start on all of these questions is the Indiana Department of Natural Resources online guide.

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