[weaver_youtube IkGaXrn0yHw rel=0]   By EILEEN OAKS Marketing and Outreach Specialist, Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — The 2,300 muskellunge fingerlings released into Backwater and Webster Lake last week seemed to have little in common with their reputation as one of the fiercest and most evasive challenges for anglers in the Midwest. In five years …read more.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources reports that it stocked 31.9 million fish in 70 counties in 2014. In a typical year, stocking numbers usually range between 22 and 24 million fish. The increase was due primarily to a nearly record number of walleye eggs collected by DNR biologists for hatchery production and a higher …read more.

Indiana Conservation Officers in Elkhart County are investigating the illegal taking of a large muskie fish in High Dive Park in Elkhart on May 4. Cory Barnett, 23, of Elkhart, was charged by ICO Paul Crockett on one count of taking a game fish by illegal method. Muskies, otherwise known as muskellunge or tiger muskellunge, …read more.