FISHING LIFELIST

IMAGE	NAME	MY STATS	MY HOTSPOTS	IDENTIFICATION TIPS
	Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus	1,385 9 inches	Southeast and northern MN lakes	No red spot on black "ear". Red or orange breast. Blue chin. Vertical bands.
	Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens	312 7 pounds	Mississippi River; Red Wing, MN Lake Pepin; Lake City, MN Cannon River; Red Wing, MN	Silver or metallic purple. Round tail. Can make croaking sounds.
	Northern Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris	295 8 inches	Lake Ore-Be-Gone; Gilbert, MN Wynne-Sabin Lake; Embarrass, MN Apple River, near Luck, WI	Red eye. Mottled brown in color.
	Brown Trout Salmo trutta	273 20 inches	Hay Creek; Red Wing, MN	Dark spots on light body.
	Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides	235 5 pounds 20 inches	Auto Lake; near Virginia, MN Eau Galle Lake; Spring Valley, WI Mississippi River; Red Wing, MN Frontenac Pond; Frontenac, MN	Light olive color with dark band along lateral line. Very large mouth.
	White Bass Morone chrysops	205 16 inches	Cannon River; Red Wing, MN	Silvery with lateral stripes.
	Northern Pike Esox lucius	176 10 pounds 33.5 inches	"The Lunker Bunker"	Long and skinny. Pale spots on green body. Dorsal fin back near tail. Rounded tail fin.
	Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus	162 13 inches	Mississippi River; Red Wing, MN Kelly-Dudley Lake; Faribault, MN	Black speckles. Distance from eye to base of dorsal equals length of dorsal.
	Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus	152 7 inches	Pottery Pond; Red Wing, MN	Olive green. No horizontal bands. Relatively elongate shape.
	Pumpkinseed sunfish Lepomis gibbosus	139 6 inches	Bone Lake; near Luck, WI Pottery Pond; Red Wing, MN	Blue weblike lines on face. Red spot on "ear".
	Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu	113 2 pounds	Cannon River; Red Wing, MN	Dark bronze in color. Red eyes. Blue stripes or bands on face.
	Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus	108 6 pounds	Cannon River; Red Wing, MN Pickeral Slough; Red Wing, MN	Slate blue to yellow in color. Juveniles have black spots. Convex anal fin. Forked tail. Can make croaking sounds.
	Yellow Perch Perca flavescens	104 12 inches	Wynne-Sabin Lake; Embarrass, MN St. Loius River; Duluth, MN	Yellow and elongate. Dark horizontal bands.
	Walleye Stizostedion vitreum	75 5 pounds 25 inches	Mississippi River; Red Wing, MN Cannon River; Red Wing, MN Wynne-Sabin Lake; Embarrass, MN Auto Lake; near Virginia, MN	Gold in color. Dark blotch at dorsal base. White tip on lower tail.
	Sauger Stizostedion canadense	56 1 pound	Cannon River; Red Wing, MN Mississippi River; Alma, WI	Elongate shape. Spotted dorsal, caudal fins. Saddle shaped dark blotches.
	Bowfin Amia calva	50 8 pounds 28 inches	Pickeral Slough; Red Wing, MN	Tubular shaped. Brown. Long eel-like dorsal fin. Canine like row of teeth. Round tail.
	Shorthead Redhorse Sucker Moxostoma macrolepidotum	47 18 inches	Cannon River; Red Wing, MN St. Louis River; Forbes, MN	Concave dorsal fin. Blood red tail. Small head.
	White Sucker Catostomus commersoni	45 16 inches	Cannon River; Red Wing, MN Root River; Lanesboro, MN St. Louis River; Forbes, MN Wynne-Sabin Lake; Embarrass, MN	Small scales. Gray dorsal and caudal fins.
	Mooneye Hiodon tergisus	40 15 inches	Cannon River; Red Wing, MN Mississippi River; Alma, WI	Silvery. Large eyes.
	Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas	37 7 inches	Zumbro River; Oronoco, MN Pogo Lake; near Luck, WI	Dark chin barbels. Short anal fin. Rounded tail.
	Carp Cyprinus carpio	36 15 pounds 30 inches	Mud Lake; near Red Wing, MN Cannon River; Red Wing, MN	Barbels on mouth.
	Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis	34 10.5 inches	"Toxic Creek" Southwest WI	Light spots on dark body. Blood red anal fins with white leading edge.
	Weeping Toado Torquigener pleurogramma	33 <5 inches	Geraldton, Western Australia	SALTWATER Green eyes. Puffs up. Covered in small spines. Tearlike markings on face.
	Silver Redhorse Sucker Moxostoma anisurum	31 6 pounds 24 inches	Cannon River; Red Wing, MN Root River; Lanesboro, MN	Convex dorsal Gray dorsal and caudal fins. Orangish bottom fins.
	Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus	29 6 inches	Little Cannon River; Cannon Falls, MN Lester River; Duluth, MN Embarrass Mine Pit; Embarrass, MN	Tubular in shape. Lateral stripe. Large mouth.
	Eurasian Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus	23 5 inches	St. Louis River; Duluth, MN	Small and brown. Exotic. Found in Great Lakes. Spiny fins and operculum.
	Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss	21 26 inches	Sucker/Lester Rivers; near Duluth, MN	Silvery with pink lateral band. Dark spots on light body.
	White Crappie Pomoxis annularis	17 0.7 pounds 11 inches	Mississippi River; Red Wing, MN	Horizontal bands of speckles. Distance from eye to base of dorsal exceeds dorsal length.
	Golden Redhorse Sucker Moxostoma erythrurum	15 17 inches	Cannon River; Cannon Falls, MN Root River; near Lanesboro, MN	Concave dorsal fin. Gray fins tail and dorsal. Orange bottom fins. Assymetrical tail.
	Gobbleguts Apogon rueppellii	13 5 inches.	Geraldton, Western Australia	SALTWATER Very large eye.
	Mekong Catfish Pangasius gigas	11 50 pounds	Bungsamran Lake; Bangkok, Thailand	Large tail. Dull fins. Large head. No barbels.
	Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis	11 15 inches	Kelly-Dudley Lake; Faribault, MN Pogo Lake; near Luck, WI	Light chin barbels. Long anal fin. Rounded tail.
	Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris	10 30 pounds 42 inches	Mississippi River; Red Wing, MN	Dark mottling. Broad, flattened head. Concave tail.
	Redfish Sciaenops ocellatus	9 6 pounds 23 inches	Barataria Bay; near Lafitte, LA	SALTWATER Reddish gold in color Spots near tail
	Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas	8 5 inches	Auto Lake; near Virginia, MN	Thin body. Small mouth.
	Western School Whiting Sillago vittata	7 8 inches	Geraldton, Western Australia	SALTWATER Silvery white.
	Silver Chub Macrhybopsis storeriana	7 6 inches	Cannon River; Red Wing, MN	Tubular shape. Large mouth. Bright silver in color.
	Striped Catfish Pangasius hypophthalmus	5 23 pounds	Bungsamran Lake; Bangkok, Thailand	Sharp fins. Relatively small head. No barbels.
	Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis	4 5 inches	Little Alabama Bayou; Sherburne, LA	Red breast and anal fins Elongated ear flap
	Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus	3 5 inches	Elliot Lake; near Cotton, MN	Deeply forked tail. Medium sized mouth. Large scales.
	Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans	3 13 inches	Cannon River; Red Wing, MN	Long downturned snout. Dark ring near lips.
	Silver Trevally Pseudocaranx dentex	3 7 inches	Geraldton, Western Australia	SALTWATER Tall, flat body. Vertical bars.
	Warmouth Lepomis gulosus	2 9 inches	Little Alabama Bayou; Sherburne, LA	Yellowish Red edge on ear
	River Redhorse Sucker Moxostoma carinatum	2 18 inches	St. Croix River; near Grantsburg, WI	Large head and lips. Red tail fin. 6 caudal scales.
	Greater Redhorse Sucker Moxostoma valenciennesi	1 18 inches	St. Croix River; near Grantsburg, WI	Convex dorsal fin. 8 caudal scales. Red fins, including dorsal.
	Quillback Carpsucker Carpiodes cyprinus	1 2 pounds	Cannon River; Red Wing, MN	One quill-shaped dorsal ray. Thick body.
	Dhufish Glaucosoma hebraicum	1 14 inches	Geraldton, Western Australia	SALTWATER Black chevron on face. Horizontal stripes on juvs.
	Yellowtail Scad Trachurus novaezelandiae	1 8 inches	Geraldton, Western Australia	SALTWATER Large eye. Yellow on caudal fin.
	Silver Toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus	1 20 inches	Geraldton, Western Australia	SALTWATER Green and silver. Indented caudal fin.
	Western Butterfish Pentapodus vitta	1 7 inches	Geraldton, Western Australia	SALTWATER Brown with white blotches. Two stripes on face.
	Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens	1 20 inches	Mississippi River	Leathery gray skin 5 ridges of spikes Mouth on bottom of head
	Spotted Gar Lepisosteus oculatus	1 24 inches	Little Alabama Bayou; Sherburne, LA	Toothy, moderate length jaws Spots on head and body
	Blackspotted Topminnow Fundulus olivaceus	1 2 inches	Little Alabama Bayou; Sherburne, LA	Thick black lateral band Robust body
53 species		4355 total fish		851 times fishing

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COLOR KEY

Freshwater fish - North America (Minnesota; Wisconsin; Louisiana)

Freshwater fish - Asia (Bungsamran Lake, Bangkok, Thailand)

Saltwater fish - Indian Ocean (Geraldton, Western Australia)

Saltwater fish - Gulf of Mexico (Barataria Bay, Louisiana)

Up to date as of 27 February 2008