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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: bright colored spinners
Depth: cold water tributaries
Comments about fish:
The summer steelhead run has just started on the St. Joe River. As of July 18, 159 skamania steelhead have passed through the South Bend Fish Ladder. Hatchery crews will be conducting steelhead broodstock collections through out the summer and 242 fish have been collected to date at the Berrien Springs and South Bend fish ladders. Once the target number of 700 steelhead have been collected for spawning purposes, the fish ladders will be opened to let fish migrate to the Twin Branch Dam in Mishawaka. Steelhead fishing usually gets good in mid September.
Comments about body of water:
The St. Joe River Web fishing report will resume weekly in September when the fall trout and salmon migration begins. The St. Joe web report will be updated periodically until then. During the summer smallmouth and rock bass fishing will be good in the fast water currents of the river. Channel catfish can be taken through out the river but best fishing is usually below the dams. A few steelhead are taken during the summer in the cooler water tributaries of the river however, steelhead fishing usually does not pick up until river water temperatures drop to below 70 degrees. Walleye fishing will pick up in late September. Thank you for your interest in the St. Joe River Trout and Salmon Program and good luck fishing this summer.
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: bright colored spinners
Depth: cold water tributaries
Comments about fish:
The summer steelhead run has just started on the St. Joe River. As of July 18, 159 skamania steelhead have passed through the South Bend Fish Ladder. Hatchery crews will be conducting steelhead broodstock collections through out the summer and 242 fish have been collected to date at the Berrien Springs and South Bend fish ladders. Once the target number of 700 steelhead have been collected for spawning purposes, the fish ladders will be opened to let fish migrate to the Twin Branch Dam in Mishawaka. Steelhead fishing usually gets good in mid September.
Comments about body of water:
The St. Joe River Web fishing report will resume weekly in September when the fall trout and salmon migration begins. The St. Joe web report will be updated periodically until then. During the summer smallmouth and rock bass fishing will be good in the fast water currents of the river. Channel catfish can be taken through out the river but best fishing is usually below the dams. A few steelhead are taken during the summer in the cooler water tributaries of the river however, steelhead fishing usually does not pick up until river water temperatures drop to below 70 degrees. Walleye fishing will pick up in late September. Thank you for your interest in the St. Joe River Trout and Salmon Program and good luck fishing this summer.