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North Carolina

Fishing

Fishing

Fish Identification

Bass Identification Chart

* Largemouth bass X Alabama bass and smallmouth bass X Alabama bass hybrids may have a small patch of teeth on the tongue.

Largemouth Bass

Found statewide

Largemouth Bass

Smallmouth Bass

Found west of I-77 & in the Uwharrie and Dan rivers

Smallmouth Bass

Spotted Bass

Found west of I-77

Spotted Bass

Alabama Bass (Invasive)

Found west of I-77 & in the Cape Fear, Yadkin-Pee Dee, & Roanoke river basins

Alabama Bass (Invasive)

Morone Identification Chart

Striped Bass

Striped Bass

Bodie Bass (striped bass hybrid)

Bodie Bass

White Bass

White Bass

White Perch

White Perch

Species Identification Chart

White Crappie

White Crappie

Black Crappie

Black Crappie

Bluegill

Bluegill

Pumpkinseed

Pumpkinseed

Redbreast Sunfish

Redbreast Sunfish

Redear Sunfish

Redear Sunfish

Roanoke Bass

Roanoke Bass

Rock Bass

Rock Bass

Warmouth

Warmouth

Brown Trout

Brown Trout

Rainbow Trout

Rainbow Trout

Brook Trout

Brook Trout

Yellow Perch

Yellow Perch

Walleye

Walleye

Muskellunge

Muskellunge

Chain Pickerel

Chain Pickerel

Blue Catfish (Invasive east of Continental Divide)

Blue Catfish (Invasive east of Continental Divide)

Bullhead Catfish

Bullhead Catfish

Channel Catfish

Channell Catfish

Flathead Catfish (Invasive east of Continental Divide)

Flathead Catfish (Invasive east of Continental Divide)

White Catfish

White Catfish