Little Kankakee River
Fishing and stocking
Stocked through the spring 2026 program: rainbow trout and brown trout; 925 fish in the published allocation.
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What swims here
Rainbow trout
Brown 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 | Brown trout | 250 | |
| spring 2026 | Rainbow trout | 600 | |
| spring 2026 | Rainbow trout | 75 |
When to fish Little Kankakee River
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 10:24 am-12:24 pm and 10:47 pm-12:47 am | 4:41-5:41 am and 4:56-5:56 pm |
| Tomorrow | 11:10 am-1:10 pm | 5:51-6:51 am and 5:19-6:19 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)
| Light spinning rod | 5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches |
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Potato Creek | 2.4 mi | spring 2026 |
| Myers Lake | 19 mi | spring 2026 |
| Lawrence Lake | 19 mi | spring 2026 |
| South Branch Galien River MI | 21 mi | Apr 21 |
| Galien River MI | 22 mi | Jun 10 |