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Weekend fishing itinerary near Fort Wayne
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Weekend fishing itinerary near Fort Wayne

4 stops4 watersUpdated Nov 6

Two days, 4 stops on 4 public waters, all within 75 minutes of Fort Wayne. Each stop below has its drive time, its access point and the fish recorded there.

Day 1

Morning: Lake Wawasee

Start the day on Lake Wawasee, launching from the ramp below.

Lake Wawasee is a 61-minute drive from downtown Fort Wayne. Launch at Lake Wawasee, the public ramp on Lake Wawasee closest to downtown (≈ 34.5 mi). Public access on Lake Wawasee: 1 boat ramp. Surveyed depths reach 75 ft. Recorded here: Yellow Bullhead, Rock Bass, Brown Bullhead, and Banded Killifish.

Lake Wawasee161 min · 38.5 mi
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Lake Wawasee

Kosciusko

Lake Wawasee14

max 75 ft · surveyed

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From Lake Wawasee to Lake Shore Drive Courtesy Docks: 135 min by road (90.6 mi).

Evening: Grand Lake

End the day on Grand Lake.

Grand Lake is a 74-minute drive from downtown Fort Wayne. Lake Shore Drive Courtesy Docks: marina on Grand Lake, ≈ 47.5 mi from downtown. Public access on Grand Lake: 9 boat ramps. Surveyed depths reach 14 ft. Recorded here: Channel Catfish, Common Carp, White Bass, and Orangespotted Sunfish.

Grand Lake274 min · 51.8 mi
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Grand Lake

Mercer

Lake Shore Drive Courtesy Docks11

max 14 ft · surveyed

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Day 2

Morning: Marble Lake

Start the day on Marble Lake, launching from the ramp below.

Marble Lake is a 69-minute drive from downtown Fort Wayne. Launch at Middle Lake, the public ramp on Marble Lake closest to downtown (≈ 57.2 mi). Public access on Marble Lake: 3 boat ramps. Surveyed depths reach 60 ft. Recorded here: Walleye, Yellow Perch, Common Carp, and Cisco.

Marble Lake369 min · 65.7 mi
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Marble Lake

Branch

Middle Lake15

max 60 ft · surveyed

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From Middle Lake to Coldwater Lake Marina: 14 min by road (7.7 mi).

Evening: Coldwater Lake

End the day on Coldwater Lake.

Coldwater Lake is a 63-minute drive from downtown Fort Wayne. Coldwater Lake Marina: marina on Coldwater Lake, ≈ 52.6 mi from downtown. Public access on Coldwater Lake: 1 boat ramp. Surveyed depths reach 90 ft. Recorded here: Walleye, Spotted Gar, Bluegill, and Golden Shiner.

Coldwater Lake463 min · 57 mi
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Coldwater Lake

Branch

Coldwater Lake Marina9

max 90 ft · surveyed

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When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, Yellow Perch is at peak around Fort Wayne in November.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Fort Wayne fishing page: road drive times where a route was built (≈ marks straight-line distances), access points from state registries, the species recorded in each water and our bite calendar, adjusted for latitude. Nothing is written by hand or generated by AI.

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