Fish Identification:

Walleye, also know as Pickerel, doré.Walleye, Sander vitreus

Walleyes are largely olive, gold in colour. Some times silver or blue.  The dorsal side of a walleye is olive, grading into a golden hue on the each side. The olive/gold pattern is broken up by five darker stripes that extend to the upper sides. The colour shades to white on the belly. The mouth of a walleye is large and is armed with many sharp teeth. The most obvious identifying feature is a white dot on the lower tip of the tail.

 

 

Northern Pike,

Northern pike in the Straussee at StrausbergNorthern pike are long and skinny, most often olive, shading into yellow to white along the belly. Each side is marked with short, light spots and there are a few to many dark spots on the fins. This fish is covered with slime.

 

 

 

 

 

Small Mouth Bass,

The smallmouth bass is generally green with dark vertical bands rather than a horizontal band along the side. There are 13-15 soft rays in the dorsal fin. The upper jaw of smallmouth bass does not extend beyond the back of the eye. It has small dull teeth.

 

 

 

Yellow Perch,Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)

Typically caught between 1 to 2 pounds, olive in colour with orange fins. It has small dull teeth.

 

 

 

 

Speckled Trout, also known as Book Trout.

Dark green to brown, it has distinctive marbled pattern of lighter shades across the flanks and back and extending at least to the dorsal fin, and often to the tail. There is a distinctive sprinkling of red dots, surrounded by blue haloes, along the flank. The belly and lower fins are reddish in colour, the latter with white leading edges. Often the belly, becomes very red or orange when the fish are spawning. The species reaches a maximum recorded length of 33 inches, but will stay small depending on the environment it lives in.

 

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