Lake Gage
Fishing and stocking
Rainbow trout water, stocked through the spring 2026 program; 2,000 fish in the published allocation. A 337-acre lake, and one of 4 stocked waters on the Steuben County record.
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What swims here
Rainbow trout
Season program record
Indiana DNR publishes this water by season or program window, not by dated schedule, so there are no truck dates to list; the rows below are the published program allocations. The Indiana season shape statewide: spring trout; catfish rounds to fall.
Agency feed checked yesterday.
| Season | Species | Size | Fish |
|---|---|---|---|
| spring 2026 | Rainbow trout | 2,000 |
When to fish Lake Gage
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 10:18 am-12:18 pm and 10:41 pm-12:41 am | 4:35-5:35 am and 4:50-5:50 pm |
| Tomorrow | 11:04 am-1:04 pm | 5:45-6:45 am and 5:13-6:13 pm |
Moon: waxing gibbous, 92% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Eastern Time (EDT).
What the record actually says
- Stocked through the spring 2026 program
Computed this evening, Oct 23
Gear for this water
For the trout (rainbow trout on the season program here, stillwater)
| Dough bait rigs | floating dough bait 18 inches above a small egg sinker; hatchery fish know the smell |
| Casting spoons | 1/8 to 1/4 oz in fluorescent or metallic; count down until you find the depth |
| Small crankbaits | trout-pattern cranks trolled or slow-retrieved off points |
Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.
Nearby stocked waters
The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.
| Water | Distance | Most recent |
|---|---|---|
| Green Lake | 6.2 mi | spring 2026 |
| Cary Lake MI | 14 mi | Apr 1 |
| Matteson Lake MI | 17 mi | May 21 |
| Martin Lake | 17 mi | spring 2026 |
| Oliver Lake | 18 mi | spring 2026 |