(Indianapolis, IN) - The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is stocking lakes around the state with catfish.  On Friday they announced that 157 Hoosier lakes will receive a total of 51,000 catfish.

Tamarack Lake at the Kingsbury Wildlife Area will get 500 of them.  East and West Ponds down in Winamac will also be stocked, along with Lake Osceola and Pinhook Lagoon in St. Joseph County.

DNR officials say fresh channel catfish ranging in size from 8-10 inches long will be released by early November. They were raised by state biologists in various fish hatcheries around the state.