Fish Identification

Landlocked Atlantic salmon

Brown trout

Rainbow trout

Brook trout

Lake trout

American shad

Rainbow smelt

Chain pickerel

Northern pike

Round whitefish

Lake whitefish

White perch

Yellow perch

Walleye

Pumpkinseed

Brown bullhead (Horned pout)

Cusk (Burbot)

Largemouth bass

Smallmouth bass

NOTE: Both may be referred to as “black bass” on the regulatory pages.

Rock bass

Bluegill

Black crappie

Illustrations: Landlocked Atlantic salmon, American shad, Rainbow smelt ©NHFG Victor Young; Brown trout, Rainbow trout, Chain pickerel, Brook trout ©Duane Raver; Northern pike, Round and Lake whitefish ©Ellen Edmondson (Image courtesy of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. All rights reserved.); Lake trout ©Timmothy Knepp; White perch, Largemouth bass, Yellow perch, Smallmouth bass, Pumpkinseed, Bluegill, Brown bullhead, Black crappie ©Duane Raver; Cusk, Walleye, Rock bass © Ellen Edmondson (Image courtesy of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. All rights reserved.)