Wisconsin Fish Species
57 Wisconsin fish species with WDNR seasons and bag limits, state records and the lakes that hold them.
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- Alewiferough fish
- American eelgame fish
- Atlantic salmongame fish
B
- Bigmouth buffalorough fish
- Black bullheadgame fish
- Black crappiegame fish
- Bluegillgame fish
- Bowfinrough fish
- Brook troutgame fish
- Brown bullheadgame fish
- Brown troutgame fish
- Burbotrough fish
C
- Channel catfishgame fish
- Chinook salmongame fish
- Ciscogame fish
- Coho salmongame fish
- Common carprough fish
F
- Flathead catfishgame fish
- Freshwater drumrough fish
G
- Gizzard shadrough fish
- Grass pickerelgame fish
- Green sunfishgame fish
L
- Lake sturgeongame fish
- Lake troutgame fish
- Lake whitefishgame fish
- Largemouth bassgame fish
- Longnose garrough fish
M
- Mooneyerough fish
- Muskellungegame fish
N
- Northern pikegame fish
O
- Orangespotted sunfishgame fish
P
- Paddlefishgame fish
- Pink salmongame fish
- Pumpkinseedgame fish
Q
- Quillbackrough fish
R
- Rainbow smeltrough fish
- Rainbow troutgame fish
- Rock bassgame fish
- Round gobynonnative detrimental
- Ruffenonnative detrimental
S
- Saugergame fish
- Saugeyegame fish
- Shortnose garrough fish
- Shovelnose sturgeongame fish
- Smallmouth bassgame fish
- Smallmouth buffalorough fish
- Splakegame fish
T
- Tiger muskellungegame fish
W
- Walleyegame fish
- Warmouthgame fish
- White bassgame fish
- White crappiegame fish
- White perchnonnative detrimental
- White suckerrough fish
Y
- Yellow bassgame fish
- Yellow bullheadgame fish
- Yellow perchgame fish
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Answers
About the Wisconsin species list
How many Wisconsin species are covered here?
57.
Where do the Wisconsin limits come from?
The 2026-2027 Guide to Wisconsin Hook and Line Fishing Regulations.
What is the Wisconsin state fish?
The muskellunge.
Do the Wisconsin species pages list lakes?
Yes, the lakes where the WDNR rates the species abundant or common.
Are the Wisconsin records listed?
Yes, on each species page, from the WDNR record fish list.
Are Great Lakes species covered?
Yes, the salmon, trout, whitefish and perch of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.
Are rough fish covered?
Yes, the rough fish the WDNR lists, from bowfin to buffalo.
Which sources supply the Wisconsin species notes?
The WDNR fish list and the hook and line regulations guide.
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