Wildcat Creek
Fishing, stocking, and current conditions
Rainbow trout water, stocked through the spring 2026 program; 300 fish in the published allocation. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.
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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 | 300 |
When to fish Wildcat Creek
| 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 | 5:51-6:51 am and 5:22-6:22 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
- Flow 74% of the seasonal median
Computed this evening, Oct 23
Gear for this water
For the trout (rainbow trout on the season program here, moving water)
| 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 |
| Waders or wet-wading boots | stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mississinewa River | 48 mi | spring 2026 |
| Clear Lake IL | 51 mi | fall 2026 |
| Mill Creek | 54 mi | spring 2026 |
| Myers Lake | 63 mi | spring 2026 |
| Lawrence Lake | 63 mi | spring 2026 |