Little Elkhart River
Fishing and stocking
Stocked through the spring 2026 program: rainbow trout; 3,450 fish in the published allocation. One of 4 stocked waters on the Elkhart 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 | 3,000 | |
| spring 2026 | Rainbow trout | 200 | |
| spring 2026 | Rainbow trout | 250 |
When to fish Little Elkhart River
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 10:21 am-12:21 pm and 10:44 pm-12:44 am | 4:38-5:38 am and 4:53-5:53 pm |
| Tomorrow | 11:07 am-1:07 pm | 5:48-6:48 am and 5:16-6:16 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, moving water)
| Inline spinners | 1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams |
| Drifted bait | single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom |
| Small jerkbaits | floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pigeon River | 3.0 mi | spring 2026 |
| Birch Lake MI | 11 mi | Mar 31 |
| Cobus Creek | 12 mi | spring 2026 |
| Rowe-Eden Ditch | 12 mi | spring 2026 |
| Harwood Lake MI | 14 mi | Mar 31 |