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Best white bass & hybrids lakes in Indiana

15 Indiana waters hold white bass & hybrids, 4 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Hard-fighting schooling fish (white bass and hybrid stripers/wipers) that corral shad on flats and points.

1. Wabash River — 30 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger, Channel Catfish
2. Monroe Lake — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
3. Ohio River — McAlpine Pool — 60 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie
4. Ohio River — Cannelton Pool — 60 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie
5. Patoka Lake — 50 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
6. Morse Reservoir — 43 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
7. Cagles Mill Lake (Cataract) — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
8. Geist Reservoir — 38 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
9. Mississinewa Lake — 137 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Crappie
10. Salamonie Lake — 45 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
11. Ohio River — Newburgh Pool — 55 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie, Channel Catfish
12. Ohio River — J.T. Myers Pool — 55 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie, Channel Catfish
13. Lake Freeman — 40 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
14. Eagle Creek Reservoir — 40 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
15. Lake Shafer — 30 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill

When to fish white bass & hybrids in Indiana

• Spring 3–15 ft — The famous spring run: fish stack in creeks, rivers and inflows to spawn.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Follow surfacing schools over humps and flats; jigging spoons when they sound.
• Fall 8–25 ft — Aggressive fall schooling — when you find one, you've found a hundred.
• Winter 20–40 ft — Deep wintering schools on channel edges; vertical spoons.

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