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Pigeon River and Pigeon Creek in LaGrange County +9 more

The rule for this water, with the receipt.

Special regulations for Pigeon River and Pigeon Creek in LaGrange County from the Steuben County line to CR 410 E (Troxel's Bridge), excluding Mongo Mill Pond; Harding Run, Curtis Creek, Bloody Run, and Graveyard Run (tributaries of Pigeon River) in LaGrange County; Turkey Creek north of CR 100 S in LaGrange County; Rainbow Pit located on Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife Area, approximately 1 mile east of Ontario in LaGrange County; Little Elkhart River and Rowe-Eden Ditch in LaGrange County; Solomon Creek and Cobus Creek in Elkhart County; Little Kankakee River in LaPorte County from CR 800 E upstream to Division Road; Spy Run Creek within Franke Park in Allen County; Mississinewa River within the boundaries of the Randolph County Wildlife Management Area; Big Blue River within the boundaries of Wilbur Wright Fish & Wildlife Area in Henry County, as the state words them

LaGrange 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
  • troutApril 15 to the last Saturday in April (opening day) (dates as written)

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 Pigeon River and Pigeon Creek in LaGrange County +9 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 - Pigeon River and Pigeon Creek in LaGrange County +9 more
This water
Checked against this official source on July 12, 2026.

Local services near Pigeon River and Pigeon Creek in LaGrange County +9 more

Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.

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