Image of a landlocked Atlantic salmon showing key identification features, including a long upper jaw that extends to the rear edge of the eye, a narrow caudal peduncle, and a grey to olive adipose fin.
Brown trout
Image of a brown trout showing key identification features, including an upper jaw that extends well past the eye, a red-orange tinged adipose fin, and a thick caudal peduncle.
Rainbow trout
Image of a rainbow trout showing key identification features, including a pink stripe along the side of the body and numerous black spots on the fins and tail.
Brook trout
Image of a brook trout showing key identification features, including red spots with blue halos, worm-like markings on the back, white leading edges on the fins, and a square tail.
Lake trout
Image of a lake trout showing key identification features, including light spots across a dark body, white leading edges on the fins, and a deeply forked tail.
American shad
Image of an American shad showing key identification features, including a silvery, deep-bodied shape and a forked tail.
Rainbow smelt
Image of a rainbow smelt showing key identification features, including a slender silvery body, large eyes, and a forked tail.
Chain pickerel
Image of a chain pickerel showing key identification features, including dark chain-like markings on an olive background and a fully scaled gill cover.
Northern pike
Image of a northern pike showing key identification features, including light-colored, bean-shaped spots on an olive background and an unscaled lower half of the gill cover.
Round whitefish
Image of a round whitefish showing key identification features, including a silvery body, small head, and forked tail.
Lake whitefish
Image of a lake whitefish showing key identification features, including a silvery body, slightly arched back, and a forked tail.
White perch
Image of a white perch showing key identification features, including a silvery body with faint horizontal striping, a deep body shape, and a spiny dorsal fin.
Yellow perch
Image of a yellow perch showing key identification features, including a yellow-gold body with dark vertical bands and a spiny dorsal fin.
Walleye
Image of a walleye showing key identification features, including an olive-gold body, large reflective eyes, and a spiny dorsal fin.
Pumpkinseed
Image of a pumpkinseed sunfish showing key identification features, including a bright orange and blue body, a rounded shape, and a distinctive ear flap.
Brown bullhead (Horned pout)
Image of a brown bullhead (horned pout) showing key identification features, including whisker-like barbels, a smooth scaleless body, and a rounded tail.
Cusk (Burbot)
Image of a cusk showing key identification features, including an elongated body, mottled brown coloration, a long continuous dorsal fin, and a rounded tail.
Largemouth bass
Image of a largemouth bass showing key identification features, including an upper jaw that extends past the rear edge of the eye and a dark lateral stripe along the body.
NOTE: May be referred to as “black bass” on the regulatory pages.
Smallmouth bass
Image of a smallmouth bass showing key identification features, including an upper jaw that reaches the middle to rear edge of the eye and dark vertical bars along the body.
NOTE: May be referred to as “black bass” on the regulatory pages.
Rock bass
Image of a rock bass showing key identification features, including a deep olive-green body with dark mottled markings, red eyes, and a spiny dorsal fin.
Bluegill
Image of a bluegill showing key identification features, including a deep-bodied shape, blue and olive coloring, dark vertical bars, and a dark ear flap.
Black crappie
Image of a black crappie showing key identification features, including a deep-bodied shape, irregular black speckling across the body, and a large dorsal fin.
