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Bass
Salmon Trout
Pike Muskie Miscellaneous
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Fish Identifying chart
Freshwater Fish Identifying
Going freshwater fishing? Some fish are regulated by size or season or
completely prohibited.
Some Species or locations have specific seasons.
Size requirements are
measured from the tip of the lower jaw to the tip of the tail.
Illustrations are for viewing
purposes only.
Bass
Largemouth Bass
-Micropterus
salmoides
a.k.a. Black Bass |
| Description - Has a very large mouth with
the upper jaw extending behind the eyes. A silver to
silver-green color with freckled black markings on lower side
with white belly. |
| Habitat - Found in every state in North
America usually in less than 20 feet of water. |
| Tackle - Rubber worms or combination lures
with spinners and tassels |
| Size - Average length is up to 40 inches. |
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Smallmouth Bass -
Micropterus dolomieu |
| Description - Brown-gold to camouflage
green in color with
dark brown spots often showing up as bars going down the sides.
Upper jaw stops before the eye. Eye is reddish in color. |
| Habitat - Found in lakes with gravel,
boulders and rock beds in North America. Warm waters of 60 to 80
degrees. |
| Size - Average weight is 3 - 8 pounds. |
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Trout
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Rainbow Trout -
Oncorhynchus mykiss |
| Description - A green to yellowish color
with blotches of red. Small black spots on fins and back. |
| Habitat - Found near the surface in the
waters of North America, Alaska to the Aleutian Islands. |
| Size - Weight varies depending upon
location but can be found up to 40 pounds and up to 45 inches. |
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Brook Trout
- Salvelinus fontinalis |
| Description - Dark green
to black on top with light green wavy lines or blotches on back
and dorsal fin. Pink or red spots with a blue outline. Black
lines on caudal fin. |
| Habitat - Found in small
or medium sized lakes or rivers with cool waters between the
temperatures of 55 and 60 degrees. |
| Tackle - #12 hook with
maggot bait or dry deer fly |
| Size - 25 to 27 inches
weighing up to 5 pounds. |
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Bull Trout
- Salvelinus
confluentus
a.k.a. Arctic Char |
| Description - Black over Silver on
top and light belly with white spots on the sides, dark
fins. |
| Habitat - Found in cold, fast moving
waters |
| Tackle - Check regulations on acceptable
types (restricted) these fish will stike most anything from a
spoon to a tree leaf. |
| Size - Average 2 - 8 pounds |
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Brown Trout
- Salmo trutta |
| Description - Silver on top and Golden
belly with
brown or black spots on the sides, back and fins. Spots usually
have a lighter color around them. |
| Habitat - Found in waters between 50 and
65 degrees in acidic waters. |
| Size - Average 10 - 30 pounds |
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Lake Trout
-Salvelinus namaycush |
| Description - Dark silvery green or gray with
white to yellow spots. A deeply forked caudal fin. |
| Habitat - Found in very deep waters unless
the waters become too cold. At that time they may migrate to
shallower warmer waters. They are found in Canada and Alaska to
New England and the Great Lakes. Ussually found in the northern
hemisphere. |
| Size - Average weight is 20 - 40 pounds. |
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Dolly Varden
- Salvelinus malma
a.k.a. Bull trout |
| Description - Bright orange or red spots
on the sides. Has small scales. |
| Habitat - Found from northern California
to Alaska and the northern regions of Canada. Also found
in Korea and Japan. |
| Size - Average 20 - 25 inches. |
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Salmon
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Chum Salmon
- Oncorhynchus keta |
| Description - Black or dark olive above
with dark streaks on body. |
| Habitat - Found in coastal streams from
California to Alaska and Korea and Japan |
| Size - Average 8 - 15 pounds. |
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Sockeye Salmon - Oncorhynchus
nerka |
Mature
Young
| Description - Young Sockeye are Metallic blue-green over
silver with small black specks. Mature spawning sockeye have a
pronounce hook on upper lip are predominantly red . Spawning
sockeye may be 3 or 4 deep in a spawning river causing it
to appear as blood red. Mature are most frequently caught in
salt water. See salmon
Spearing /gigging |
| Habitat - Found in rivers in the United
States, Korea and Japan. |
| Tackle - Young will strike dry flies and spoons.
Mature spawning may strike a fly out of instinct but normally do
not feed when spawning. |
| Size - Average weight is 5 - 7 pounds. |
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Silver Salmon -
Oncorhynchus kisutch |
| Description - Metallic blue above and
silver below with black spots. White gumline at base of mouth.
Upper lip becomes more pronounced with age. |
| Habitat - Found in Pacific Northwest and
Great Lakes in North America. |
| Size - Average weight is 6 - 12 pounds. |
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King Salmon
- Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |
| Description - Small male often dusky
yellow, larger male blotchy and dull red on the side. They have
irregular spots on the back and fins. Black gums at the base of
mouth. Older ones have a more pronounced upper lip. |
| Habitat - Large rivers, Pacific and Great
Lakes in ocean and coastal streams. |
| Size - Average weight is 15 - 20 pounds. |
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Pike
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Northern Pike -
Esox lucius |
| Description - Dark green to light green
with a lighter shade to white on bottom. Long body with
large head. The jaws have large sharp teeth. The roof of mouth
has small teeth that point backwards. |
| Habitat - Found in North America from New
York and the Great Lakes to Nebraska but are also found in the
south and western states of North America. |
| Size - Average weight is 15 - 20 pounds. |
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Muskie
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Muskie - |
| Description - Dark green to light brownish
green, lighter on belly. Long body with streamlined
head. Differs from the Pike in that it has
vertical bands on it's sides. |
| Habitat - Found primarily in the lakes of
eastern US and Canada. Ontario
is famous for it's Muskie fishing. |
| Size - Average weight is 12 - 20 pounds. |
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Miscellaneous
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Grayling -Thymallus
arcticus |
| Description - Rows of red to green spots
with large spots on dorsal fin. Has black spots
behind its head. Pointed snout and a prominently forked caudal
fin. |
| Habitat - Open water of medium sized
rivers and lakes. Can be found in Alaska and northern
Canada and the Artic and Pacific drainages . |
| Size - Average 20 - 25 inches. |
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Sheefish -
Stenodus leucichthys |
| Description - Green blue or brown above
blending to a light silver or white on sides and bottom. Large
wide mouth that extends behind the eyes. |
| Habitat - Found In North American lakes
and rivers. |
| Size - Average weight is 30 - 55 pounds. |
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