Spy Run Creek in Allen County is set to receive rainbow trout for a fishing day on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Through a joint effort between DNR and the Fort Wayne Parks Department, a project at Spy Run Creek has improved access, enhanced fish habitat, and reduced bank erosion. To commemorate completion and provide a new opportunity for anglers, the DNR will stock 200 rainbow trout there.
Spy Run Creek has been stocked with rainbow trout each spring since 1986 and has become popular with local anglers, even as high banks and brush along the creek limited access. During the planning process, project designers had anglers in mind.
“We wanted to restore the stream using natural restoration techniques and at the same time make it better for anglers,” said Tyler Delauder, Fort Wayne’s district fisheries biologist.
Significant improvements to habitat and instream structures included adding rock structures to help direct water flow and restore riffles and pools. Riffles are areas where shallow water moves faster over a rocky bottom. Pools are deeper areas in a stream where water moves slower and fish tend to congregate.
All anglers age 18 and older must have a valid Indiana fishing license and trout stamp. The bag limit is five trout per angler.
In the future, Fort Wayne Parks and the DNR Lake and River Enhancement (LARE) program hope to complete more stream restoration projects along Spy Run Creek.
Learn more about LARE at wildlife.IN.gov/2364.htm.
For more information about trout regulations, visit eregulations.com/indiana/fishing/inland-trout-regulations/.
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Media contact: Tyler Delauder, Fisheries Biologist, DNR Fish & Wildlife, 260-244-6805, tdelauder@dnr.IN.gov