Salt Creek Fishing Spot

• Elevation: 590'
• Last Modified By: vinny60 on 09/10/09 12:06 PM
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The new DNR Salt Creek Public Fishing Area in Porter County opened this summer and is ready for the fall steelhead run. The 75 acres of natural land northwest of Valparaiso provides anglers with nearly 6000 feet of access to a high-quality steelhead trout and salmon fishing stream and protects a section of Salt Creek’s watershed. Salt Creek PFA anglers, birdwatchers and nature enthusiast should park in the newly constructed parking lot off County Road 500 North on the north side of the property. Salt Creek flows from south to north through upland and bottomland hardwood forest and fallow farm fields at Salt Creek PFA. The public property is similar to the DNR’s nearby 76-acre Chustak Public Fishing Area along Salt Creek. Chustak PFA opened in 2001 and has a parking area off County Road 600 North. Salt Creek PFA was bought in 2004 with funds provided from the sale of state fishing licenses. Salt Creek is a tributary to Lake Michigan, and generally offers excellent small-stream trout and salmon fishing as these fish swarm out of Lake Michigan on seasonal spawning runs.

Salt Creek Township is one of thirteen townships in Franklin County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 943.