Thread: Pole limits in Indiana

How many national tourneys in Indiana?? I fished quite a few but always in awesome lakes and bodies of water NOT in Indiana for sure in my day. Not much going on to chat about is the only reason I posted so I hope it didn’t get you unset as it’s dullsville with the ratty weather we been having. Just got my mega 360 but will have to wait on the software from Humminbird to run it and will probably be breaking ice somewhere to try it out at the rate Humminbird releases software updates. At least I can get it installed on the boat and that will have to suffice for now.

Originally Posted by wannabe fisherman

if there are 2 people in the boat spider rigging they'll have 6 poles in the water.

yeah but 2 guys would be would be 8 poles with 4 pole limit and so on..one guy with 4 poles not too big of a deal but when you get multiple boats fishing the same small area dragging 8 poles or more you can end up with a mess real easy especially trolling not so much spider rigging.

Originally Posted by cevans

How many national tourneys in Indiana?? I fished quite a few but always in awesome lakes and bodies of water NOT in Indiana for sure in my day. Not much going on to chat about is the only reason I posted so I hope it didn’t get you unset as it’s dullsville with the ratty weather we been having. Just got my mega 360 but will have to wait on the software from Humminbird to run it and will probably be breaking ice somewhere to try it out at the rate Humminbird releases software updates. At least I can get it installed on the boat and that will have to suffice for now.

Yeah iam running non mega 360 curious what the mega 360 looks like


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You Hoosiers should consider your selves lucky, Ohio is still a 2 pole state, but I believe they are moving toward a 3 pole limit, Ky is unlimited too. As a crappie troller I am used to a 4 to 8 pole set up, also the cats guys like using multiple poles. I question the Ohio dnr every year at trade shows about the rule. If the quantity creel limits are unchanged a depletion of fish shouldn't be a issue right?

I don't see why there is even a pole limit. If there's a creel limit of say 15 fish, when you have that many you're done no matter how many poles you have out, unless you're going to take the chance of getting caught.

Nothing but dust on my spider rig rods since the Livescope was mounted... one pole mayhem ever since! If they get them down to affordable prices, spider rigging will be on a slow decline. It makes fishing so much easier, it's almost lost it's luster... I almost consider myself a "gamer" over an "angler" anymore, which is why my tournament days are probably numbered unless they outlaw them. Hunting is just as bad... I'm sure next year, your hunting cam will shoot a GPS tracking dart into the deer it takes a pic of and you'll know they location at all times. LOL

Originally Posted by Locator79

It makes no sense. A limit is a limit. 1 pole or 20. I've been in the boat with people who couldn't catch a fish with 30 poles. Also know guys who only need 1. Either way....again...a limit is a limit.

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I didn't read the whole thread so I don't know if anyone else gave this reason.

Think about this one thing. If Ind. let you use 4,5,6,etc. poles for crappy fishing then they would have to allow the same amount of poles for all fishing. Ind DNR would not want to allow more than 3 lines for gills, walleye, perch, etc. so that's probably why they would never change to allow more than 3 for crappie. Someone could set up their boat and push 5 poles making it look like they are crappie fishing when they're really fishing for walleye, gills, perch, etc.

I know there are states that allow more than 3, do they also alow the same amount of poles for gill, perch, etc.? If they don't I don't see how they can tell what the person is fishing for. You can catch walley, gills, perch on the same lures/bait that you get crappie on.

Originally Posted by Charly

I didn't read the whole thread so I don't know if anyone else gave this reason.

Think about this one thing. If Ind. let you use 4,5,6,etc. poles for crappy fishing then they would have to allow the same amount of poles for all fishing. Ind DNR would not want to allow more than 3 lines for gills, walleye, perch, etc. so that's probably why they would never change to allow more than 3 for crappie. Someone could set up their boat and push 5 poles making it look like they are crappie fishing when they're really fishing for walleye, gills, perch, etc.

I know there are states that allow more than 3, do they also alow the same amount of poles for gill, perch, etc.? If they don't I don't see how they can tell what the person is fishing for. You can catch walley, gills, perch on the same lures/bait that you get crappie on.

Why? The bag limit for all species would still be the same.

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