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The rule for this water, with the receipt.

Special regulations for Brookville, Cecil M. Harden (Raccoon SRA), Freeman, Hardy, Monroe, Patoka, and Shafer lakes, and the Ohio River main stem, as the state words them

Union County · Lake · IN

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The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text

Straight from IN's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.

Whole water
  • Gizzard Shad & Threadfin Shad
    Bait Gizzard shad and threadfin shad can be collected and used as live bait on the following waters: Brookville, Cecil M. Harden (Raccoon SRA), Freeman, Hardy, Monroe, Patoka, and Shafer lakes, and the Ohio River main stem (excluding all embayments). Live gizzard shad and threadfin shad may not be transported away from the location where collected.
  • Gizzard Shad & Threadfin Shad
    Gear Cast nets with a maximum mesh size of 2 inches stretch can be used to collect live gizzard shad and threadfin shad at these bodies of water.

Statewide base layerParsed

These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.

Season
Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
Gear
Each line may have no more than three single- or multi-pronged hooks, three artificial lures, or a combination of three hooks and artificial lures.Statewide
Bait
Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
Poles
You may not fish with more than three poles or hand lines at a time.Statewide

Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.

SpeciesDaily limitSize
Crayfish
cannot transport more than 100 crayfish across the state line in a 24-hour period unless commercially raising crayfish-Statewide
largemouth bass
Varies by water: largemouth bass that are from 12 to 15 inches in length may not be harvested. The daily bag limit applies to bass under 12 inches and over 15 inches. (Buffalo Trace Lake); No minimum size limit (Brownstown Pit)
two fish daily bag limitmin. 18-inch minimum size limitStatewide
Muskellunge 6 and Tiger Muskellunge 6
1 muskellunge or 1 tiger muskellungemin. 36 inches 2Statewide
Northern Pike
3 3min. 24 inches; no more than one 30 inches or longer 4Statewide
Yellow Perch
Unlimited (15 only on Lake Michigan)min. NoneStatewide
Bullhead
Unlimitedmin. NoneStatewide
Shovelnose Sturgeon
Unlimitedmin. 25 inches (fork length)Statewide
Sauger
included in the aggregate bag limit for walleye and saugeye-Statewide
Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout
5, any combination of brook, rainbow, or brown trout; no more than one may be brown troutmin. 7 inches*Statewide
Eastern Snapping Turtle
4, 12-inch minimum carapace length, any combination of game turtlemin. 12-inch minimum carapace lengthStatewide
Bull Frog, Green Frog
25, any combination of bull or green frog-Statewide

How this answer was assembled

  1. StatewideStatewide lake rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
  2. This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
  3. Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.

Where this rule applies

This water is not yet drawn on the map. Its rules are captured and receipted; the geometry ledger records exactly why it is not drawn (an ambiguous name match or a gap in the source data), and it will never ship as a guess. Each rule above describes in the state's own words where it applies, and those written descriptions are the authoritative boundaries.

What are you fishing for here?Advice

Pick from the species named in Brookville +7 more's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.

Receipts

Statewide rules
Statewide
Checked against this official source on July 12, 2026.
Special rules - Brookville +7 more
This water
Checked against this official source on July 12, 2026.

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