Brown Trout

The spotting pattern is composed of black spots and also red-orange spots surrounded by light blue.

Rainbow Trout

Identifying marks are black spots on a light body and a red stripe along the sides of the fish.

Brook Trout

The pectoral, pelvic and anal fins are often orange, edged wtih black and white. The body is dark wit red spots surrounded by blue and white spots.

Cutthroat (Native) Trout

Cutthroat have a crimson slash on either side of the throat beneath the lower jaws.

Green Sunfish

This sunfish has a short and deep body. As with all sunfish, the dorsal (top) fin is not split. It is olive in color with short, rounded pectoral fins and yellow trim on the fins.

Yellow Perch

There are six or seven distinctive vertical bars on the sides of the fish. The dorsal (top) fins are definitely separated with tow or three spines in the forward dorsal fin. There are tow spines on the anal fin, (bass have three), and a spin on the end of the gill flap.

Channel Catfish

These catfish have a forked tail and younger fish have dark spots on the body.

Bluegill

This sunfish has a large black spot near the base of it’s soft dorsal fin. It’s pectoral fins are long and pointed.

Northern Pike

This top predator has large irregular teeth and a long, narrow body with forked tail. Jaw is elongated and shaped like a duck’s bill.

Kokanee Salmon

At the end of their third summer, females develop a red-gray-white pattern while males develop a hook jaw and turn brick red.

White Crappie

White crappie have ix spines on the dorsal fin and a banded body. Black crappie have seven to nine spines on the dorsal fin and a mottled body.

Smallmouth Bass

The upper jaw does not extend beyond the eye and the fish usually has vertical stripes along its sides.