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Article: BASS MORE ABUNDANT IN INDIANA NATURAL LAKES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 9, 2008
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The Indiana Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:
Numbers of adult largemouth bass have nearly doubled since 1980 in northern Indiana natural lakes and there are more big bass now, according DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife fisheries biologist Jed Pearson.
The increases, he said, are most likely due to the minimum size limits and widespread acceptance of catch-and-release fishing by area bass anglers.
In 1980 most northern Indiana natural lakes had no minimum size limit on bass. A 12-inch size limit was imposed in 1990, and was increased to 14 inches in 1998.
Based on estimates of the number of 8-inch and larger bass in 59 natural lakes sampled on 171 occasions ...