Fishing near Carmel, IN

Set in Hamilton County, Carmel anchors one of Indiana's most fishable suburban corridors. Reservoirs and rivers ring the city: Morse Reservoir covers roughly 1,500 acres with about 35 miles of shoreline just north, Geist Reservoir sits a few miles east, and the White River threads through county parks to the northwest. Eagle Creek Reservoir lies southwest in Marion County.

Top waters to fish near Carmel

Species & education

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Bigmouth Buffalo

Ictiobus cyprinellus

Black Buffalo

Ictiobus niger

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Blue Catfish

Ictalurus furcatus

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Blue Sucker

Cycleptus elongatus

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Bullhead Minnow

Pimephales vigilax

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Cutthroat Trout

Flathead Catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

Freshwater Drum

Aplodinotus grunniens

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