The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) East Fork State Fish Hatchery recently completed its annual stocking of striped and hybrid striped bass.

More than 21,000 striped and 147,000 hybrid striped bass fingerlings were added to 12 lakes around the state. The fingerlings averaged 1.5 inches in length.

The breakdown of stockings by lake, with the respective counties listed in parentheses, follows.

• Worster Lake (St. Joseph) – 3,270 hybrids
• Gilbert Lake (Marshall) – 370 hybrids
• Cedar Lake (Lake) – 7,810 hybrids
• Lake Shafer (White) – 12,910 hybrids
• Nyona Lake (Fulton) – 1,040 hybrids
• Lake Freeman (Carroll and White) – 15,470 hybrids
• Clare Lake (Huntington) – 420 hybrids
• Shadyside Park Lake (Madison) – 1,000 hybrids
• Cecil M. Harden Lake (Parke) – 20,600 striped bass
• Monroe Lake (Monroe and Brown) – 53,750 hybrids
• Hardy Lake (Scott) – 1,000 striped bass and 7,000 hybrids
• Patoka Lake (Dubois, Crawford, and Orange) – 44,000 hybrids

Indiana anglers can look forward to continued quality striped and hybrid striped bass fishing opportunities in the coming years as a result of these stockings.

To learn more about striped and hybrid striped bass fishing, see bit.ly/striped-hybrid-bass-fishing.

Learn about purchasing a fishing license at on.IN.gov/fishinglicense.

To view more DNR news releases, please see dnr.IN.gov.