Fish

Question 1

• red/orange spots
• boxy body, forked tail
• usually yellowish belly

Answer 1

brown trout

Question 2

• state fish
• fins have black and creamy white margins

Answer 2

brook trout

Question 3

• pink streak down side
• tail completely covered with spots and forked

Answer 3

rainbow trout (steelhead)

Question 4

• wormy marks on back
• well forked tail

Answer 4

lake trout

Question 5

• dark mouth and gums

Answer 5

chinook (king) salmon

Question 6

• dark mouth with whitish gums
  (coke)

Answer 6

coho salmon

Question 7

• large vertical bars along the side

Answer 7

yellow perch

Question 8

• size of thumb nail
• very sharp
• filter feeders

Answer 8

zebra mussel

Question 9

• mouth with large teeth
• “glowing” EYE
• greenish color
• popular to eat

Answer 9

walleye

Question 10

• large predator with huge teeth and mouth
• horizontal rows of yellowish bean shaped spots along green side

Answer 10

northern pike

Question 11

• very large predator with big mouth and huge teeth
• dark vertical bars on light colored side (tiger m)
• dark bars/spots in vertical pattern on light colored side (m)

Answer 11

muskellunge (muskie)

Question 12

• tastes like CRAP
• sucker like mouth
• large diamond shaped scales
• brown/tan color
• zach kooi

Answer 12

carp

Question 13

• brown/black body with white belly
• barbells on mouth
• square tail

Answer 13

bullhead

Question 14

• silver body with black spots
• barbells on mouth
• forked tail

Answer 14

channel catfish

Question 15

• huge, slow growing bottom feeder
• mouth like vacuum tube with barbels on bottom
• large armor-like “scutes” along length of body
• largest, oldest fish in mi

Answer 15

lake sturgeon

Question 16

• sucker-like mouth points down
• light green in color

Answer 16

white sucker

Question 17

• rounded tail
• long dorsal fin
• “bow” target near tail

Answer 17

bowfin (dogfish)

Question 18

• all BLACK flap on gill cover (operculum)
• dark spot near the rear of the dorsal fin
• mouth does not extend past eye

Answer 18

bluegill

Question 19

• red spot on operculum flap
• turquoise and yellow bands behind mouth
• mouth does not extend past eye

Answer 19

pumpkinseed (sunfish)

Question 20

• mouth extends past eye
• dark horizontal band along the side

Answer 20

largemouth bass

Question 21

• mouth does not extend past eye
• greenish colors with dark vertical bars on sides
• eyes may be red

Answer 21

smallmouth bass

Question 22

• red eye
• brownish sides with mottled black spots
• 6 spines on anal fin

Answer 22

rock bass

Question 23

• “short head”
• silver color

Answer 23

freshwater drum (sheephead)

Question 24

• pointy, narrow face and flat body
• black mottled spots on side
• 7 or more dorsal spines
• “often found in toilets”

Answer 24

black crappie

Question 25

• short pointed head with small mouth
• not as “tall” as sheephead
• silver/white in color

Answer 25

whitefish

Question 26

• long eel-like body with round mouth
• rasp-like teeth
• dark or gray in color

Answer 26

sea lamprey

Question 27

• small, silver color
• finger sized
• forage fish

Answer 27

rainbow smelt

Question 28

• small forage fish
• silver/shiny
• forked tail

Answer 28

alewife

Question 29

• frog like raised eyes
• short snout like mouth with thick lips
• single rounded pelvic fin on belly

Answer 29

round gobi

Question 30

• coming soon to a lake near you!

Answer 30

asian carp (silver carp)