Fishing Report For Webster Lake, IN

By Rick Seaman

April 28, 2025

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Fishing Report Webster Lake, IN

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Popular Fish Species Webster Lake, IN

Muskie

Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon with a curly tail grub

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good

According to the Indiana DNR, Division of Fish & Wildlife, "Webster Lake is Indiana’s premier muskie fishery". Last Winter, ice fishing for musky was delivering some great musky action. Giant musky in the 36" t0 42" class are now being caught quite regularly, and there are bigger ones here to be caught. Now that Spring has arrived, these toothy predators are roaming the weedy areas in the shallows, and cruising the edges of drop offs looking for smaller fish to eat. Johnson Silver Minnow Spoons, in large sizes, with a curly tail grub are catching these lunkers. As the water warms, noisy topwater will get some exciting action. Use a strong rod in medium- to medium-heavy action, with heavy line, steel leaders and sharp hooks. The best time of year to chase these big fish is now, and then again in Fall as the water temperature starts cooling.

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Very Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

The bass fishing here is quite good. Even though it's not considered a trophy bass lake, there are good numbers being caught. Generally speaking, limits are easy to catch most days. A wide variety of lures are catching nice largemouth bass here, including topwater, swimbaits, jerkbaits and crankbaits. Many local tournament anglers are throwing vibrating jigs as a primary bait, with considerable success. Stick worms, rigged wacky style, are always a go-to bait when the bite gets tough.

Bluegill

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Everyone enjoys catching bluegill, young or old. Here, bluegill are a primary food source for predator fish like bass, muskie and northern pike. Locals report good size bluegill being caught now, and should continue throughout Summer and early Fall. Small pieces of nightcrawlers are working well, fished on a small hook, tied to light line.

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Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, walleye, bluegill, bream, redear sunfish, yellow perch, musky and northern pike at Webster Lake in Indiana.

Webster Lake is a 640-acre freshwater lake with 17 miles of shoreline, and a nice variety of fish species. Muskie and bass are the primary targets of most anglers here. Also, there are plenty of crappie, walleye, perch, pike and sunfish to fish for. There is limited options for fishing from the bank.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".