Pan fish Species
This Fish has a spiny dorsal fin and blue ish lines going across its back. You will mainly catch them by docks.
Bluegill
This fish has a long torpedo like body with white lines across its body. It is a very popular fish that can be caught in Algoma.
Northern Pike
This fish has a slate greenish body with lighter undersides. It also has white dots all over its body. This fish is the only actual native fish that lives in Lake Michigan.
Lake Trout
This fish has a black top with silver sides. This fish also has a black mouth. These fish live up to 4 years and go back to where they were spawned to reproduce and die.
Chinook Salmon (King Salmon)
This fish has a long body with a flattened nose and a toothless mouth on the underside. This fish is the oldest living fish found in Wisconsin being able to live 100 years or more.
Lake Sturgeon
This fish has a golden yellow body and 6 to 8 stripes going across its body. Mainly found in the bay of Green Bay.
This fish has a long green torpedo like body just like a pike and has a white belly. This fish is the Wisconsin State Fish.
Muskellenge (Musky)
This fish has a olive brown top and their backs and sides are marked with olive brown to black spots. This can be found in the shallower waters of Lake Michigan.
Brown Trout
These fish look much like a Chinook Salmon but are smaller. Females turn green during spawning states and males turn bright red during spawning stages. Mainly caught in Lake Michigan and rivers connected to it.
Coho Salmon
This fish is a part of what we know as the bass family but much like the others it has a silver body with green stripes going across the body. Mainly found in the Mississippi River.
White Bass
This fish has a round body and has black specks all over its body. This fish is mainly eat smaller bait fish called shiners.
Black Crappie
This fish has a dark green body and has red eyes. One of the best places to find them is Sturgeon Bay.
Smallmouth Bass
This fish has a dark olive green back with pale worm like spots on it. They also mainly have a yellow to orange belly. This fish is a fly fisherman best friend.
Brook Trout
This fish has large black spots on its back and heavy oval shaped black splotches on the upper and lower parts of its tail. They are mainly identified by their hump in their back.
Pink Salmon
This fish has a yellow golden to olive green body much like a walleye and actually looks just like one but the only thing difference is the fish has spots along their entire dorsal fin. Mainly found in the Mississippi River.
Sauger
This fish has turquoise lines across its body with an orange body. This fish gets mistaken for a bluegill.
Pumpkin seed
This fish has a torpedo like body that can be colored yellowish gold to dark olive green. This fish is mainly found in the Bay of Green Bay.
Walleye
This fish has a trapezoid shaped tail and the most common way of identifying them is their all white mouth. These fish are mainly caught in Lake Michigan and rivers connecting to it.
Stealhead Trout (Rainbow Trout)
This fish has a deep forked tail and looks much like a Chinook Salmon. They have a really short face much like a brown trout. These fish are the rarest fish to catch around Algoma.
Atlantic Salmon
This fish has a golden brown body with very edged out scales going across its entire body. This fish is the most well known invasive fish in the world. They can be found almost anywhere as they can adapt very easily.
Common Carp