Fresh Water Fish Species
There are many different places around the world to catch freshwater fish species, from tumultuous streams and wide rivers to calm ponds and vast lakes. Freshwater fish are very diverse, and their different colours, sizes, habitats and feeding habits fascinate anglers. Some freshwater anglers become so engrossed that they dedicate a lifetime to catching only a handful of species.
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Tench Tinca tinca
Tench are popular fishing bait throughout Europe and are known as dog-like warriors when hooked. They live in relatively warm ponds and lakes but can also live in slow-moving or still lower reaches of some rivers. They are known to feed hardest in the early morning, on the banks of dense vegetation such as reed beds. During the winter, tench are known to stay in the mud and not feed. Tench breed in shallow water and the larvae remain attached to the vegetation for a few days after hatching. They…
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Black Crappie
The black crappie and its close relative the white crappie (Pomoxys annularis) are popular fish for both sport and food in parts of the United States. The black crappie is larger than the white crappie, but neither reaches the same size. These species are relatives of the black bass family and are generally found in the same types of water, such as ponds, streams, and lakes. The black crappie thrives better in slightly clearer water than the white crappie. Crappies hang out around weed beds and on mud or sand…
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Largemouth Bass
A member of the black bass family, active and sometimes cannibalistic predators, the largemouth bass has an upper jaw that extends to behind its eye, hence the name. This species feeds predominantly on smaller fish, frogs, and crayfish, but does not feed during spawning. As the water warms up, so does its metabolism: the preferred temperatures for feeding are from 10 to 27°C (50 – 80°F); it feeds most heavily from 20 to 27°C (68 – 80°F). Like all species of black bass, the largemouth bass thrives in clear water…
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Chinook Salmon
Chinook Salmon highly prized game fish are also known as king salmon. Chinook are the largest Pacific salmon and immensely hard-fighting, powerful fish. Like all salmon, they begin their lives in freshwater. Chinook salmon fry can migrate to sea when they are only three months old, but generally, they remain in the spawning rivers for one to three years before migrating to the oceans, where they feed and mature. These salmon can migrate huge distances at sea, then they return to the rivers they were born in, spawn once, and…
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Arctic Char
Arctic Char can reach a maximum length of about 1m (3¼ feet). Their backs are dark brown or olive, with lighter sides fading to a lighter-colored belly. Colors vary considerably during spawning, especially in male arctic char – the entire body can be gold or orange, and the lower feathers are often edged with white. The species is believed to spawn from August to October in alternate years. Arctic Char is a popular rustling in the lakes of Kodiak Island in Alaska. They also congregate in the large lagoons of…
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Dolly Varden
Dolly Varden is part of a family of four. They grow to about 1.3m (4¼ft) in length, and their lighter spots distinguish them from trout and salmon. Adult male Dolly Varden develop a distinctive bright red coloration with the lower body, and their wings are red-black with white edges. Over time, their lower jaw grows. Adult females are similar in color but less bright. Sea-going Dolly Vardens are more silvery, with many red and orange spots on their flanks, and greenish-brown dorsal fins. Dolly Varden spawns in streams during the…
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Lake Trout
Lake trout can be up to 1.5m (5ft) in length, apparently Spinytails, and most other trout, do not have dark spots Species They are commonly found in lakes and rivers and are Fast swimmers, aggressive predators, eat all kinds of food—organisms ranging from plankton to small mammals. Adults are lake trout. They are known to eat small lake trout. When they arrive, they give birth. Five to six years of age. Females lay their eggs on top. Rocky bottom of lakes. This enables the eggs to lie in the crevices.…
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Brown Trout
Large, predatory brown trout are known as ferox, or cannibal, trout. Once considered a distinct species, it is now known to be simply brown trout that have evolved into a primarily fish-based diet that sometimes includes smaller members of its species. Ferox trout have a bent jaw and live longer than most brown trout. The brown trout (Salmo trotta, Morpha: Foreo), and its marine form, the sea trout (Salmo trotta, Morpha: Trotta), are among the most important fishery species and are found worldwide. The species is native to Europe and…