Lake Louise Fishing Guide, Porter County, Indiana

• Overview

  This water sits in Porter County, Indiana. The land about it is mixed forest. Surface area is around 226 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The margin runs to about 4.3 miles in total. Among the waters listed for Porter County, none is wider. Start from Shorewood Forest, 0.4 miles down the road. Chicago sits 38 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Lake Louise

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. County-wide records name gizzard shad, common carp, alewife and rainbow trout. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Fish Lake Louise to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 73°F, with January the cold end at about 22°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late March. The lid tends to go about late March and return around late December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Lake Louise fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Parking sits 0.9 miles out, which makes for a walk with tackle. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Norman Olson Lake sits 1.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Lake Louise if anything is unclear.