INDIANAPOLIS -- This weekend is the last chance in 2016 for adults to fish for free in Indiana.
June 4 and 5 are the final two days of four Free Fishing Days this year. On these special days, Indiana residents who are age 18 and older can fish public waters without needing a fishing license or a trout stamp.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says Free Fishing Weekend is an opportunity to take someone fishing who doesn’t already have a license, and to teach families how to fish.
The DNR Go FishIN program will offer free Family Learn to Fish Workshops in Carmel, Porter County, Edinburgh and Evansville. In these three-hour workshops, attendees will learn basic fishing skills so that they can fish confidently on their own. These will be the last of 16 Family Learn to Fish Workshops held this year.
Also this weekend, city, county and state parks will be hosting fishing derbies. For more information on Free Fishing Days or the workshops, see GoFishin.IN.gov.
Properties hosting events on June 4 are:
Buffalo Trace Park, Palmyra, (812) 267-8762
Cagles Mill Lake (Lieber State Recreation Area), Cloverdale, (765) 795-3552
Carmel-Clay Parks and Recreation (West Park), Carmel, (317) 752-5444
Cecil M. Harden Lake (Raccoon SRA), Rockville, (765) 344-1412
Cedar Lake, Cedar Lake, (219) 374-6157
Chain O’Lakes State Park, Albion, (260) 636-2654
Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, (317) 327-7110
Hurshtown Reservoir, Fort Wayne, (260) 627-3390
Lake Larrew/Koinania Nature Preserve, Pierceton, (317) 727-4098
Logansport Isaac Walton League, Logansport, (574) 753-6969
Mississinewa Lake, Peru, (260) 468-2127
Monroe Lake (Paynetown SRA), Bloomington, (812) 837-9967
Mounds State Park, Anderson, (765) 649-8128
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge, Seymour, (812) 522-4352
Ouabache State Park, Bluffton, (260) 468-2127
Ox Bow County Park, Goshen, (574) 535-6458
Patoka Lake, Birdseye, (812) 685-2447
Pigeon River FWA, Mongo, (260) 367-2164
Prairie Creek Reservoir, Muncie, (765) 747-4776
Prophetstown State Park, West Lafayette, (765) 567-4919
Red Bridge Park, Cicero, (317) 445-3022
Reservoir Park, Fort Wayne, (260) 456-1616
Robinson Lake, Hobart, (219) 743-0679
Rogers-Lakewood Park, Valparaiso, (219) 510-3193
Salamonie Lake, Andrews, (260) 468-2127
Sam Peden Community Park, New Albany, (812) 948-5360
Shakamak State Park, Jasonville, (812) 665-2158
Sodalis Nature Park, Plainfield, (765) 676-5437
Starve Hollow State Recreation Area, Vallonia, (812) 358-3464
Summit Lake State Park, New Castle, (765) 766-5873
Tippecanoe River State Park, Winamac, (574) 946-3213
Trine SRA/Pokagon State Park, at the Trine SRA fishing pier, Angola, (260) 833-2012
Shades State Park, Waveland, (765) 597-2654
Willow Slough Fish & Wildlife Area, Morocco, (219) 285-2704
Properties hosting events on June 5 are:
Hardy Lake, Scottsburg, (812) 794-3800
Johnson County Park, Franklin, (812) 526-6809
Lincoln State Park, Lincoln City, (812) 937-1979
Mill Race Park, Columbus, (812) 376-2680
Noblesville Park and Recreation (Hague Road Nature Haven), Noblesville, (317) 776-6350
Prairie Creek Reservoir, Muncie, (765) 747-4776
Prophetstown State Park, West Lafayette, (765) 567-4919
