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St. Joseph River
For more information about the lake please click on the lake name above.
Description:
The St. Joe River and its tributaries drain approximately 2,600 square miles in southwestern Michigan and 1,685 square miles in northern Indiana. Located primarily in Elkhart and St. Joseph counties, the river is home to thirty-six species of fish, as of a 1989 DNR survey.Angling opportunities are available for a number of sport fish including smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, channel catfish, rock bass, walleye and bluegill. The lower 13 miles of the river from the state line upstream to the Twin Branch Dam also provides steelhead and salmon fishing.
Fish
Rainbow or steelhead trout
Description:
Ever popular among Indiana anglers is the trout family, which includes the brown, lake and rainbow or steelhead trout. Many fisherman can be spotted on the shores during spawning season when the trout begin their runs into the tributaries. Rainbow or steelhead trout have a white mouth, teeth and gums and small black spots on their backs, sides, and caudal and dorsal fins. The caudal fin margin of the rainbow or steelhead trout is square and the fish has 9-12 anal fin rays.
Bait: NA
Depth: NA
Comments about fish:
The spring steelhead run over. A total of 5,036 steelhead have been counted moving past the South Bend fish ladder this spring. This brings the total steelhead count up to 6,041 fish since the run began last fall. As of July 18, 159 skamania steelhead have passed through the South Bend Fish Ladder.
Comments about body of water:
The St. Joe River Web fishing report will resume in September when the fall trout and salmon migration begins. Thank you for your interest in the St. Joe River Trout and Salmon Program. Try your had at catfish, and smallmouth bass. Good numbers are moving through the fish ladder.
St. Joseph River
For more information about the lake please click on the lake name above.
Description:
The St. Joe River and its tributaries drain approximately 2,600 square miles in southwestern Michigan and 1,685 square miles in northern Indiana. Located primarily in Elkhart and St. Joseph counties, the river is home to thirty-six species of fish, as of a 1989 DNR survey.Angling opportunities are available for a number of sport fish including smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, channel catfish, rock bass, walleye and bluegill. The lower 13 miles of the river from the state line upstream to the Twin Branch Dam also provides steelhead and salmon fishing.
Fish
Rainbow or steelhead trout
Description:
Ever popular among Indiana anglers is the trout family, which includes the brown, lake and rainbow or steelhead trout. Many fisherman can be spotted on the shores during spawning season when the trout begin their runs into the tributaries. Rainbow or steelhead trout have a white mouth, teeth and gums and small black spots on their backs, sides, and caudal and dorsal fins. The caudal fin margin of the rainbow or steelhead trout is square and the fish has 9-12 anal fin rays.
Bait: NA
Depth: NA
Comments about fish:
The spring steelhead run over. A total of 5,036 steelhead have been counted moving past the South Bend fish ladder this spring. This brings the total steelhead count up to 6,041 fish since the run began last fall. As of July 18, 159 skamania steelhead have passed through the South Bend Fish Ladder.
Comments about body of water:
The St. Joe River Web fishing report will resume in September when the fall trout and salmon migration begins. Thank you for your interest in the St. Joe River Trout and Salmon Program. Try your had at catfish, and smallmouth bass. Good numbers are moving through the fish ladder.