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On the water with...Dwayne E. Cooper |
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Table of Contents Learning to find water on my own Information on the 99' fishkill on the White River Have fun...but don't get your feet wet!
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Indiana State Fish Records...(official state records as
of November 30, 1999) Atlantic Salmon - 14 lb 4 oz. Caught in 1979 by Gene Tarrant in Lake Michigan, Lake County Bighead Carp - 35 lb 9 oz. Caught in 1998 by Jeramy Vincent on the East Fork of the White River, Lawrence County Blue Cat - 104 lb. Caught in 1999 by Bruce Midkoff in the Ohio River Bluegill - 3 lb 4 oz. Caught in 1972 by Harold Catey in a pond in Greene County Bowfin (dogfish) - 16 lb. Caught in 1988 by Barry Biererstadt in Pine Lake in La Porte County Brook Trout - 3 lb 15 1/2oz. Caught in 1973 by Sonny Bashore in Lake Gage in Steuben County Brown Trout - 24.18 lb. Caught in 1999 by Steven Bay in Trail Creek in LaPorte County Buffalo - 50 lb. Caught in 1993 by Larry Warner in Lake Freeman Bullhead - 4.9 lb. Caught in 1994 by Darren Robertson in Potato Creek State Park in St Joseph County. Burbot - 7 lb 11 oz. Caught in 1990 by Larry Malicki in Lake Michigan Carp - 43 lb 4 oz. Caught in 1989 by Russell Long in Pike Lake, Kosciusko County Channel Catfish - 37 lb 8 oz. Caught in 1980 by Randy E. Jones in a lake in Vanderburgh County Chinook Salmon - 38 lb. Caught in 1980 by Rich Baker in Trail Creek in La Porte County Cisco - 3 lb 12 oz. Caught in 1980 by Phillip Wisniewski in Big Cedar Lake, Whitley County Coho Salmon - 20 lb 12 oz. Caught in 1972 by John Beutner in Lake Michigan in La Porte County Crappie - 4 lb 11 oz. Caught in 1994 by Willis Halcomb in a private lake in Jennings County Flathead Catfish - 79 lb 8 oz. Caught in 1966 by Glen T. Simpson in the White River in Lawrence County Flier - 3 1\2 oz. Caught in 1983 by Harold H. Otte in a stream in Jackson County Freshwater Drum (white perch) - 30lb. Caught in 1963 by Garland Feathers in the White River, Martin County Green Sunfish - 1 lb 10 oz. Caught in 1987 by Terry Keller in a strip pit in Fountain County Hybrid Striped Bass - 18 lb 1 oz. Caught in 1993 by Carl Albuquerque in the Tippecanoe River in Tippecanoe County Hybrid Walleye - 7.98 lb. Caught in 1995 by David Braun in the Huntingburg Reservoir Lake Trout - 29 lb 4 oz. Caught in 1993 by Harold Rodriquez in Lake Michigan Largemouth Bass - 14 lb 12 oz. Caught in 1991 by Jenifer Schultz in a lake in Harrison County Muskellunge - 35 lb 8 oz. Caught in 1994 by George Webster in James Lake in Kosciusko County Northern Pike - 30 lb 2 oz. Caught in 1992 by Jack Barnes in Clear Lake in Steuben County Paddlefish - 106 lb 4 oz. Caught in 1996 by John Kotter in a sand pit in Knox County Pink Salmon - 2 lb 12 1\2 oz. Caught in 1985 by Richard J. Lisac in Lake Michigan in Lake County Rainbow Trout - 18 lb 8 oz. Caught in 1988 by Bill Bigger in Clear Lake in Steuben County Redear Sunfish - 3 lb 10 oz. Caught in 1974 by R. Peckman in a lake in Brown County Rock Bass - 3 lb. Caught in 1969 by David Thomas in Sugar Creek in Hancock County Sauger - 6 lb 1 oz. Caught in 1983 by Mark Bigger in Tippecanoe River in Carroll County Shovelnose Sturgeon - 14 lb 8 oz. Caught in 1999 by Mike Latoz in the Wabash River in Fountain County Smallmouth Bass - 7 lb 4 oz. Caught in 1992 by Dana Yoder in Twin Lake in Lagrange County. Spotted Bass - 5 lb 1 1\2 oz. Caught in 1975 by John William Pio in a lake in Howard County Steelhead Trout - 26.62 lb. Caught in 1999 by Evan Nicholson in Trail Creek in LaPorte County Striped Bass - 35.395 lb. Caught in 1993 by Tony Campisano in the Ohio River Sucker - 12 lb 3.3 oz. Caught in 1991 by John Britton in the White River in Bartholemew County Tiger Muskellunge - 24 lb. Caught in 1995 by Michael Senics in Wolf Lake in Lake County Tiger Trout - 3 lb. Caught in 1978 by Mike Ratter in Lake Michigan in Lake County Walleye - 14 lb. 4 oz. (tie). Caught in 1974 by Leon Richart in the Kankakee River in Lake County. In 1977, Donald Tedford caught his in the Tippecanoe River in Pulaski County Warmouth - 1.37 lb. Caught in 1989 by Brett Borges in a farm pond in Morgan County White Bass - 4 lb 3 oz. Caught in 1965 by James Wagner in Lake Freeman in Carroll County White Catfish - 9.72 lb. Caught in 1985 by Melissa Grimes in a pond in Wabash County Yellow Bass - 2 lb 4 oz. Caught in 1977 by Don Stalker in Monroe Reservoir in Monroe County Yellow
Perch - 2 lb 8 oz. Caught in 1981 by Roy W. Burkel in a gravel
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The 10 coolest animals I have seen while fishing... 1. Mountain Lion 2. Bald Eagle 3. Fox 4. Wild Boar 5. Raccoon 6. Deer 7. Beaver 8. Blue Heron 9. Mink 10. Coyote
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