Pennsylvania Fish Species
40 Pennsylvania fish species with 2026 PFBC seasons and limits, state records, how-to notes and the lakes where PFBC lists them.
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- American Eelgame fish
- American Shadgame fish
- Atlantic Salmongame fish
B
- Blue Crabgame fish
- Bluegillgame fish
- Bowfingame fish
- Brook Troutgame fish
- Brown Troutgame fish
- Bullhead Catfishgame fish
- Burbotgame fish
C
- Chain Pickerelgame fish
- Channel Catfishgame fish
- Chinook Salmongame fish
- Coho Salmongame fish
- Common Carpgame fish
- Crappiegame fish
F
- Flathead Catfishgame fish
- Freshwater Drumgame fish
H
- Hickory Shadgame fish
L
- Lake Troutgame fish
- Largemouth Bassgame fish
M
- Muskellungegame fish
N
- Northern Pikegame fish
P
- Pink Salmongame fish
- Pumpkinseedgame fish
R
- Rainbow Troutgame fish
- Redbreast Sunfishgame fish
- River Herringgame fish
- Rock Bassgame fish
S
- Saugergame fish
- Smallmouth Bassgame fish
- Smeltgame fish
- Spotted Bassgame fish
- Steelheadgame fish
- Striped Bassgame fish
- Suckersgame fish
W
- Walleyegame fish
- White Bassgame fish
- White Perchgame fish
Y
- Yellow Perchgame fish
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Answers
How the Pennsylvania species index works
How many Pennsylvania species are covered here?
40.
Where do the Pennsylvania limits come from?
The 2026 Pennsylvania Fishing Summary from the Fish and Boat Commission.
Do the species pages list lakes?
Yes, lakes where the PFBC warmwater and coolwater listing names the species.
Are Pennsylvania state records listed?
Yes, on each species page, from the PFBC state record fish page; PFBC keeps records by weight only.
Are Lake Erie steelhead and salmon covered?
Yes, steelhead, lake trout and the Chinook, coho, pink and Atlantic salmon records.
Are shad and herring covered?
Yes, American and hickory shad and river herring, with the closed seasons on the Susquehanna.
Which sources supply the how-to notes?
The PFBC Catch PA Fish pages: habitat, bait, lures, line and best times by season.
Do the species pages show stocking?
Yes, where the 2026 PFBC schedule plants that species.
Keep reading
More Pennsylvania reference pages beyond the species index
- Pennsylvania waters A to Zevery lake, stream, county and town page
- Pennsylvania record fishPFBC records by weight
- Pennsylvania lake and river levelsUSGS gauges, three Corps districts and NOAA Erie
- Pennsylvania trout streamsClass A, wilderness, Keystone Select and stocked water
- Lake Erie, Pennsylvaniathe Erie shoreline, Presque Isle Bay and steelhead streams
- Pennsylvania guides and chartersPFBC-permitted guide and charter businesses
- Pennsylvania trout stockingthe 2026 PFBC stocking schedule
- Pennsylvania shore fishingfishing-only access areas and piers
- Pennsylvania boat launchesPFBC, park and local ramps
- Pennsylvania bait shopsshops by PFBC region
- Pennsylvania license and regulationslicense, permits, seasons and limits
- Fish-for-Free Daystwo license-free days a year
- Pennsylvania tournamentsorganizer schedules and printed winners