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Fish Identification

Fish Identification. Updated April 2014. Migratory Fish. American Eel. Catadromous: lives in freshwater and spawns in saltwater, the Sargasso Sea. American Shad. Anadromous: Lives in saltwater and spawns in freshwater. Atlantic Sturgeon. Length: Max 15 feet. Weight: Max 800 pounds.

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Fish Identification

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  1. Fish Identification Updated April 2014

  2. Migratory Fish

  3. American Eel Catadromous: lives in freshwater and spawns in saltwater, the Sargasso Sea.

  4. American Shad Anadromous: Lives in saltwater and spawns in freshwater.

  5. Atlantic Sturgeon Length: Max 15 feet. Weight: Max 800 pounds. Age: Max 60 yrs.

  6. Sea Lamprey Sea Lamprey on Lake Trout.

  7. Paddlefish

  8. Sunfish Family

  9. Largemouth Bass PA State Record 11 lbs. 3 oz.

  10. Smallmouth Bass PA State Record 8 lbs. 8 ozs.

  11. Rock Bass

  12. White & Black Crappie Bass

  13. Bluegill

  14. Longear Sunfish

  15. Red-spotted Sunfish

  16. Green Sunfish

  17. Catfish

  18. Brown Bullhead PA State Record: 4 lbs. 10 oz.

  19. Channel Catfish Weight: Max 40 to 50 pounds. PA State Record: 35 lbs. 2.5 oz.

  20. Flathead Catfish Length: Max 61 inches Weight: World record 123 lbs. 9 oz. PA State Record: 48 lbs. 6 oz.

  21. Minnows

  22. Blacknose Dace

  23. Fathead Minnow

  24. Creek Chub

  25. Common Carp The largest carp caught by an angler was in Bordeaux, France weighing 94 pounds. PA State Record: 52 lbs.

  26. Suckers

  27. White Sucker

  28. Northern Hog Sucker

  29. Pike Family

  30. Chain Pickerel

  31. Northern Pike

  32. Muskellunge

  33. Tiger Muskellunge

  34. Temperate Bass

  35. Striped Bass

  36. Perch

  37. Yellow Perch

  38. Walleye

  39. Trout

  40. Brook Trout Official State Fish of Pennsylvania. State Record: 7 lbs. Genetically a Char not a trout.

  41. Rainbow Trout Introduced from the Rocky Mountain states in the early 1900’s. PA State Record: 15 lbs. 6.25 oz.

  42. Steelhead Trout Male Anadromous version of Rainbow Trout. Female

  43. Golden Rainbow Trout West Virginia Fish Hatchery in 1954 found one female with the genetic mutation First Stocked in 1967. Pennsylvania record Golden Trout was 13 pounds. Not a Palomino

  44. Tiger Trout – Cross between a Brown Trout & a Brook Trout. Officially discontinued in 2005.

  45. Brown Trout Introduced from Germany in 1886. PA State Record: 19 lbs. 10 oz.

  46. Exotic Fish

  47. Catfish

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