Walleye Successfully Stocked at Brookville Lake

Monday, July 17, 2023 at 9:23 AM

Spawning operations originated at Brookville Lake in March and April.

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INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has stocked Indiana waterways with walleye and saugeye.

Both fish are known for being excellent table fare and for the skill it takes to catch them.

Because there is no natural reproduction of walleye and saugeye in most of Indiana, the DNR runs a program to spawn and stock these fish every spring across multiple waterways for anglers to catch.

Locally, walleye have been stocked in Brookville Lake.

The statewide bag limit for walleye, sauger, and saugeye is six fish per day, in combination. For walleye, the minimum size limit is 14 inches for waters south of State Road 26.

Walleye fry were stocked at the end of April. Spawning operations in late March to early April, which are organized at Brookville Lake, resulted in 35.7 million fertilized walleye eggs. The eggs yielded 24.3 million walleye fry (seven to ten day old fish, less than one inch long), 281,468 walleye fingerlings (average 1.4 inches), and 81,181 saugeye fingerlings.

Learn more about fishing for walleye and saugeye at wildlife.IN.gov/fishing/walleye-fishing.

Learn more about fish stocking in Indiana at bit.ly/INFishStocking