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Best white bass & hybrids lakes in Indiana

21 Indiana waters list white bass & hybrids (official records or labelled estimates), 11 mapped with survey or official-chart depth data. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — 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 CatfishWhy #1: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 16 public access sites, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
2. Ohio River — McAlpine Pool — 60 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, CrappieWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 11 public access sites, 4 carry-in or shore-oriented
3. Ohio River — Newburgh Pool — 62 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites
4. Ohio River — J.T. Myers Pool — 49 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
5. Monroe Lake — 54 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, BluegillWhy #5: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 10 public access sites
6. Ohio River — Cannelton Pool — 60 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, CrappieWhy #6: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 3 public access sites
7. Patoka Lake — 50 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, BluegillWhy #7: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 13 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
8. Morse Reservoir — 43 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, CrappieWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
9. Geist Reservoir — 38 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel CatfishWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
10. Mississinewa Lake — 137 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, CrappieWhy #10: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 4 public access sites
11. Salamonie Lake — 45 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, CrappieWhy #11: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 5 public access sites
12. Hardy Lake — 35 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, BluegillWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 4 public access sites, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
13. Lake Tippecanoe — 123 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, CrappieWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
14. Cagles Mill Lake (Cataract) — 40 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, BluegillWhy #14: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 4 public access sites
15. Lake Freeman — 40 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, BluegillWhy #15: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
16. Worster Lake (Potato Creek) — 18 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, CrappieWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
17. Eagle Creek Reservoir — 40 ft max · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, BluegillWhy #17: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
18. Lake Shafer — 30 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White BassWhy #18: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
19. Nyona Lake — 30 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, White Bass & HybridsWhy #19: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
20. Bicentennial Pond 2 — 30 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, CrappieWhy #20: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
21. Shadyside — 35 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel CatfishWhy #21: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached

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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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