Great Lakes species: How many have you caught?

[MichaelAngelo]

I remember seeing this poster as a child in a North York fish market. I was mesmerized!



I've only caught about 10 species from here. My next hopefully additions would be freshwater drum, muskellunge, brown trout, and brooke trout.

Although haven't the great lakes brown and brooke trout populations been displaced by rainbows?

[MuskieBait]

Here's what I've caught:

From the poster...

01. Brook trout
02. Brown trout
03. Rainbow trout
04. Lake trout
05. Coho salmon
06. Chinook salmon
07. Lake Whitefish
08. Lake herring (Cisco)
09. Rainbow smelt
10. Northern pike
11. Muskellunge
12. Walleye
13. Yellow perch
14. White bass
15. White perch
16. Largemouth Bass
17. Smallmouth Bass
18. Pumpkinseed
19. Rock Bass
20. Sheepshead
21. Burbot
22. Brown Bullhead
23. Emerald Shiner
24. Round Goby
25. White Sucker
26. Common Carp

Not from the poster but still in the Great Lakes or connected rivers/creeks...

27. Grass pickerel
28. Sauger
29. Golden Redhorse
30. Shorthead Redhorse
31. Silver Redhorse
32. Greater Redhorse
33. Northern hogsucker
34. Stonecat
35. Channel catfish
36. Black bullhead
37. Bluegill sunfish
38. Green sunfish
39. Creek chub
40. River chub
41. Hornyhead chub
42. Common shiner
43. Striped shiner
44. Golden shiner
45. Silver shiner
46. Spottail shiner
47. Fallfish
48. Goldfish
49. Logperch
50. Atlantic salmon (smolt)
51. Mooneye
52. Bowfin
53. Northern Longear Sunfish
54. Longnose gar
55. Black crappie
56. White crappie x black crappie hybrid

I think I counted everything...could be missing out one or two maybe...I don't have my list in front of me...so I'm just doing it off the top of my head...

Should have tried for Alewife yesterday...I saw some and they were feeding...but I was too concentrated on catching carp and bowfin yesterday...oh well...

Mike, hopefully we can get into a brook trout tomorrow. We can fish the Grand River later in the summer to hopefully get you into a mooneye and a freshwater drum...perhaps some redhorse species as well like the shorthead and golden.

[bettercallsaul]

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[OldTimer]

(06-14-2012 04:21 PM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  Although haven't the great lakes brown and brooke trout populations been displaced by rainbows?

Brown trout are not native to North America, introduced from Europe in the early 1900's. I believe that Lake Ontario's brown trout fishery is increasing every year.

Sadly - Brook trout populations are small if not extinct within most of the southern Great Lakes. Superior still has significant populations.

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My count - just from this poster - 28:

- 1. Bullhead
- 2. Brook Trout
- 3. Brown Trout
- 4. Burbot
- 5. Carp
- 6. Coho
- 7. Chinook
- 8. Freshwater Drum (aka sheepshead)
- 9. Lake Herring
- 10. Whitefish
- 11. Lake Trout
- 12. Sucker(s) – many - beats me what kind(s)
- 13. Largemouth
- 14. Muskie
- 15. Pike
- 16. Pumpkinseed
- 17. Sculpin
- 18. Rainbow Trout
- 19. Rock Bass
- 20. Perch
- 21. Goby (lots and lots)
- 22. Smelt
- 23. Smallmouth
- 24. Walleye
- 25. White Bass
- 26. White Perch
- 27. Lamprey
- 28. Alewife

[some_guy]

I once caught a lamprey on some roe for rainbow. Just a lamprey by itself which was completely random. Did pull in some salmon and sturgeon with those things attached.

[Alex.D.]

10 for me but i plan on working for the rest!

[MichaelAngelo]

(06-21-2012 09:40 PM)Alex.D. Wrote:  10 for me but i plan on working for the rest!

I'm seriously eyeing sheepshead! They get big, and if they fight even remotely more than a carp does... I can see how they'd be amazing fish to target.

I'm imagining the feeling of a giant-sized bass.... oh wait that would be a tarpon

[OldTimer]

Sheepshead can be a lot of fun to catch. The larger ones can give you quite a tussle when there's some current they can get crossways in............ Great on light tackle.

The fish is edible, but really not all that great............. It's better to release them as I understand that they do eat quite a few Zebra Mussels.

[MuskieBait]

Don't worry MA, the next chance that we have, we'll go fly fishing to check off Brook Trout for you...and we'll fish at the other river and you should be able to find a sheepshead. They are usually in the 1-2lb range...so not too big...but if they get into the current, you'll have fun on light gear.

[Alex.D.]

(06-22-2012 02:43 AM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  

(06-21-2012 09:40 PM)Alex.D. Wrote:  10 for me but i plan on working for the rest!

I'm seriously eyeing sheepshead! They get big, and if they fight even remotely more than a carp does... I can see how they'd be amazing fish to target.

I'm imagining the feeling of a giant-sized bass.... oh wait that would be a tarpon

I catch alot of sheephead in lake erie more than i do in ontario. The grand river is full of them from the shore!