Slocum Ditch

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water, stocked through the spring 2026 program; 600 fish in the published allocation.

LaPorte County · Indiana · see it on the national map

program spring 2026

best window 10:48 pm-12:48 am solunar major today

1 species

600 fish allocated

What swims here

Rainbow trout 2 allocations

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		400
spring 2026	Rainbow trout		200

When to fish Slocum Ditch

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:26 am-12:26 pm and 10:48 pm-12:48 am	4:42-5:42 am and 4:57-5:57 pm
Tomorrow	11:12 am-1:12 pm	5:52-6:52 am and 5:21-6:21 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)

Slip bobber and jig	1/32 oz marabou jig or waxworm suspended at cruising depth
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

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
Little Kankakee River	22 mi	spring 2026
Potato Creek	24 mi	spring 2026
Fancher Lake	24 mi	spring 2026
Galien River MI	29 mi	Jun 10
Myers Lake	30 mi	spring 2026

Records from Indiana DNR (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Indiana fishing regulations.