Brown Trout (German trout) Rainbow Trout (Kamloops trout, steelhead) Identification: golden brown colour, paler colour in the lakes Identification: heavily spotted along side and the caudal and dorsal fins Features: brown and black spots on its sides, back, and adipose Coho Salmon (silver salmon, blue back) Atlantic Salmon (lake Atlantic salmon, landlocked salmon) Features: back is green to greenish blue; sides silvery and dorsal fins Identification: differs from chinook salmon by having white gums in Identification: silvery on sides and below; back and head may be brown, often has a pinkish band along its sides a few orange spots with pale haloes on its sides a dark mouth Chinook Salmon (king salmon) green, or blue Size: in small bodies of water averages 200 g (7 oz) Size: weight ranges from 10 to 54 kg (2 to 12 lbs) Features: small black spots confined to the caudal fin and above the Features: tail and fins may become dark in Lake Ontario 09 to 68 kg (2 to 15 lbs) Habitat: favours slower stretches of water, eddies in rivers lateral line Identification: black spots on the head, back and both lobes of the body is very trout like; can be mistaken for brown trout Habitat: prefers cold, clean water (13oC) prefers cold clean water (18oC), but is tolerant of silver sides, steel grey back, white belly caudal fin during spawning found in both lakes and streams warmer water Size: average size 22 to 45 kg (5 to 10 lbs) Features: mouth lining black with black gums Size: average weight 900-1800 g (2-4 lbs) Spawning: reaches adulthood in 3-5 years Spawning: spawns in rivers from October to February Habitat: found in Lake Ontario at depths of 16 to 60 m (49-197 ft) blue green head and back with silver sides can be over 16 kg (35 lbs) Habits: mainly spawns in the spring, but also enters rivers in the fall Habits: eggs hatch in spring prefers water that is 12-14oC (53-57oF) Size: average weight 90 kg (20 lbs) Habitat: found in the shallow upper layers of Lake Ontario does not die after spawning does not die after spawning Spawning: at ages 3-4, moves into the rivers in the fall to spawn largest caught in Lake Ontario to date was 210 kg (47 lbs) following breakup Food: insects, fish, and spawn Food: feeds on insects, fish, worms, and spawn Habits: does not eat when spawning Habitat: found in Lake Ontario at the depths of 15-60 m (49 -197 ft) gradually retreating to cooler, deep waters as summer Angling: in streams, takes wet and dry flies, worms, corn, spinners, surface feed more than other trout both males and females die after spawning prefers water that is 12-14oC (53 - 57oF) advances spawn, and spawn imitations preferred feeding times are dawn and dusk Food: feeds on alewife, smelt, insects and crustaceans Spawning: usually spawns at age 4 as water temperatures cool in the fall, the salmon return to in lakes, may be taken with minnows, worms, spoons, Angling: in streams, takes wet and dry flies, worms, spawn, Angling: in streams, takes spinners, spawn, and spawn imitations Habits: moves into the rivers in the fall to spawn shallower water and plugs and spinners in lakes, may be caught by trolling spoons and salmon baits does not eat when spawning Spawning: spawns at ages 3-5 in the fall in lakes, found closer to the shore than other trout males and females die after spawning Habits: spawns in fresh water streams and rivers and salmon Food: feeds on alewife, smelt, insects, and crustaceans does not eat when spawning most often caught by trolling spoons Angling: caught in Lake Ontario by trolling spoons, plugs, dodgers, eggs hatch in 110 days and flies Food: aquatic insects and small fish in streams in the fall, readily takes spawn and spinners Angling: in streams, takes spinners, spawn, and spawn imitations in lakes, may be caught by trolling spoons and salmon baits Lake Trout (laker, Great Lakes trout, mackinaw trout) Identification: deeply forked tail Features: colour varies from greenish grey to pale silver Brook Trout (Speckled trout) white spots on its sides, head, and caudal and dorsal fins white leading edge on the pelvic and anal fins Identification: back is olive green to dark brown; silvery white below Size: weight ranges from 09 to 45 kg (2 to 10 lbs) Features: small well-defined spots on sides Habitat: prefers the cold, clear deeper areas of Lake Ontario anal, pelvic and pectoral fins have a white leading edge only uses the shallow shorelines when the water is cold Size: averages 05 kg (1 lb) Spawning: adulthood is reached in 5-7 years Habitat: found in cold, clear well-oxgenated streams and lakes Habits: spawns in the fall on lake shoals prefers summer water temperatures below 20oC (68oF) eggs hatch in 4-5 weeks Spawning: spawns in the fall Food: feeds mainly on alewife and other fish Habits: reaches adulthood at ages 2-3 Angling: can be caught using minnows, spinners, jigs, and spoons spawns mainly on gravel beds in the shallows of stream headwaters Northern Pike (great northern pike, jackfish, snake) Food: mainly insect larvae, crustaceans, fish, and worms Angling: wet or dry flies, spincasting, or live bait Identification: light oval spots on dark green becoming lighter on the side trout that most readily accepts anglers bait Features: wavy dark bands on the dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins duck-like jaws 10 pores on underside of jaw Size: average weight 1-2 kg (2-4 lbs), but may reach 5 kg (11 lbs) Habitat: prefers shallow, well-vegetated areas in warm water frequently found in less than 1m (3 ft) of water Spawning: matures at 2-4 years of age Habits: spring spawner on vegetated floodplains of rivers, marshes, and bays immediately after ice-out eggs hatch in 12-14 days Food: almost exclusively fish but will eat small animals Angling: trolling or casting with spoons, plugs, spinners, or spinner baits still-fishing with baitfish at the edge of weed beds Walleye (pickerel) Largemouth Bass (black bass, green bass, bucketmouth) Identification: back is olive brown to golden-brown in colour Features: undersides milk-white or yellow-white Identification: jaw extends past the eye Carp (German carp, European carp, leather carp) many sharp teeth Features: broad dark horizontal stripe Bowfin (dogfish, mudfish) opaque eye that is very light sensitive dark green back blending into lighter green side and belly Identification: two barbels on each side of the upper jaw Size: averages 14 kg (3 lbs) Size: average weight 05-14 kg (1-3 lbs), Features: saw-edged spiny dorsal fin ray Identification: dark olive, lustrous above, lighter below Habitat: prefers large, shallow, turbid lakes but may reach 23 kg (5 lbs) large thick scales Features: yellow brown head with dark horizontal bars often found in up to 15 m (50 ft) of water Habitat: found near weedbeds, logs, stumps, and other sunken objects back is dark green to brown becoming yellowish on the belly black spot twice the size of eye on tail Spawning: spawns in spring or early summer prefers warm water less than 6 m (20 ft) deep Size: average weight 2 kg (4 lbs), but fish over 7 kg (15 lbs) large and rounded tail Habits: spawns on rocky areas in rivers below in-stream obstructions Spawning: reaches maturity in 3-5 years are common Size: average weight 900-1300 g (2-3 lbs) reaches maturity in 2-4 years Habits: spawns in late spring to early summer Habitat: warm, shallow water with much aquatic vegetation Can be over 6800 g (15 lbs) Food: mainly small fish, but may eat worms or crayfish eggs hatch in 3-5 days carp are tolerant of poor environmental conditions Habitat: marsh or vegetated bays of warm lakes and rivers Angling: still-fishing with live minnows Food: aquatic insects, crayfish, frogs, and fish Spawning: reaches maturity in 3 years can withstand high temperatures and stagnant water artificial lures such as spinners, spoons, plugs, or jigs Angling: caught along weedbeds and sunken objects Habits: spawns in early spring and summer in weedy or Spawning: spawns at ages 3-5 in the spring sunrise and sunset are most productive takes surface plugs, crankbaits, spinners, spinner baits, grassy shallows Habits: spawn in shallow vegetated water in lakes and rivers and flies eggs hatch within 3-6 days eggs hatch in 8-10 days White Bass (silver bass, white lake-bass) caught still-fishing with worms, leeches, frogs, and crayfish Food: feeds mainly on aquatic vegetation and insects Food: aquatic insects, frogs, crayfish, and small fish Angling: taken by fishing the bottom with corn kernels, Angling: taken using live bait and lures fishing near bottom Identification: several rows of dark horizontal stripes Smallmouth Bass (black bass, brown bass, bronzeback bass) doughballs, or worms provides considerable sport when taken with light tackle Features: back is grey in colour, silvery sides, and white belly Identification: jaw extends to mid-point of eye still-fishing with the aid of a float is most effective Size: average weight 230 g (8 oz) Features: 8-15 thin vertical bars Habitat: prefers clear, moderately deep, cool water with gravel green to golden-brown back blending into golden sides and and rock shoals a cream-coloured belly will move into the shallows at night to feed Size: average weight 1 to 14 kg (2-3 lbs) Spawning: first spawns at age 3 Habitat: prefers cool clear water Habits: moves into estuaries or onto shoals to spawn in the spring often found near rock shoals and areas with a rocky bottom eggs hatch in about 48