Ohio Fish Species
46 Ohio fish with 2026-27 ODNR daily limits and sizes, Outdoor Writers of Ohio records and the lakes where ODNR maps them.
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- Black Crappiefreshwater
- Blue Catfishfreshwater
- Bluegillfreshwater
- Bowfinfreshwater
- Brook Troutfreshwater
- Brown Troutfreshwater
- Buffalo Suckerfreshwater
- Bullheadfreshwater
- Burbotfreshwater
C
- Chain Pickerelfreshwater
- Channel Catfishfreshwater
- Chinook Salmonfreshwater
- Coho Salmonfreshwater
- Common Carpfreshwater
F
- Flathead Catfishfreshwater
- Freshwater Drumfreshwater
G
- Green Sunfishfreshwater
H
- Hybrid Crappiefreshwater
- Hybrid Striped Bassfreshwater
- Hybrid Sunfishfreshwater
L
- Lake Troutfreshwater
- Largemouth Bassfreshwater
- Longear Sunfishfreshwater
- Longnose Garfreshwater
M
- Muskellungefreshwater
N
- Northern Pikefreshwater
P
- Paddlefishfreshwater
- Pink Salmonfreshwater
- Pumpkinseed Sunfishfreshwater
R
- Redear Sunfishfreshwater
- Rock Bassfreshwater
S
- Saugerfreshwater
- Saugeyefreshwater
- Smallmouth Bassfreshwater
- Spotted Bassfreshwater
- Steelheadfreshwater
- Striped Bassfreshwater
- Suckersfreshwater
- Sunfishfreshwater
T
- Tiger Muskellungefreshwater
W
- Walleyefreshwater
- Warmouth Sunfishfreshwater
- White Bassfreshwater
- White Crappiefreshwater
- White Perchfreshwater
Y
- Yellow Perchfreshwater
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Using the Buckeye species list, in short answers
How many Ohio fish have a page?
46, plus one page for the 24 species that must be released.
Where do the Ohio limits come from?
The 2026-27 Ohio Fishing Regulations booklet and the ODNR Lake Erie walleye and yellow perch daily limits sheet.
Who keeps Ohio state fish records?
The Record Fish Committee of the Outdoor Writers of Ohio, with ODNR biologists confirming the species.
Do the species pages cover Lake Erie walleye and perch?
Yes, with the Lake Erie limits and the west, central and east yellow perch zones.
Is saugeye covered?
Yes; saugeye shares the walleye and sauger rows in the booklet and has its own page.
Which lakes does a species page name?
Lakes where ODNR maps hot spots for that fish, plus waters in the stocking records and record catches.
Are frogs and turtles here?
No; their rules are on the license and regulations page.
Why is a fish missing from this list?
Only fish with a 2026-27 limit or a state record get a page.
Ohio rule, record and directory pages next to the species list
- Every Ohio water, A to Zlakes, rivers, counties, towns and species on one list
- Ohio license and regulationsfees, exemptions and the inland limit table
- Ohio Free Fishing Daystwo license-free days a year for residents
- Ohio record fishOutdoor Writers of Ohio records by division
- Ohio fish stockingODNR stocking records and the 2026 trout releases
- Ohio water levelsUSGS lake gauges and NOAA Lake Erie stations
- Lake Erie in Ohiobasins, bays, harbors, launches and piers
- The Ohio Riverboth regulation units and the river launches
- Lake Erie steelhead streamsthe seven stocked tributaries
- Lake Erie reefs and shoalswestern basin reefs and Cleveland and Lorain artificial reefs
- Ohio boat rampsODNR launch inventory by wildlife district
- Ohio shore fishingLake Erie piers and accessible ODNR sites
- Ohio bait shopstackle counters and marinas by district
- Ohio charters and guidesLake Erie captains and inland guides
- Ohio tournamentsorganizer schedules and printed winners
- Protected Ohio fishspecies that must go back in the water