Learn how to catch any fish species
This fish species guide shows how to identify and catch freshwater and saltwater game fish. Compare habitat, size, feeding hours, seasons, and methods, then open a species for a sized kit.
Fish species directory
Northern pike
Esox lucius
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
40 cm TL
Typical weight
3.5 kg
Sea trout
Salmo trutta
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
72 cm TL
Typical weight
3.5 kg
European perch
Perca fluviatilis
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
25 cm TL
Typical weight
0.5 kg
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
31 cm TL
Typical weight
5 kg
Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
60 cm TL
Typical weight
1.5 kg
Atlantic cod
Gadus morhua
Brackish
Saltwater
Typical size
100 cm TL
Typical weight
5.5 kg
Trahira
Hoplias malabaricus
Freshwater
Typical weight
0.6 kg
Freshwater bream
Abramis brama
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
25 cm TL
Typical weight
1.2 kg
Largemouth black bass
Micropterus salmoides
Freshwater
Typical size
40 cm TL
Typical weight
1.2 kg
European seabass
Dicentrarchus labrax
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
50 cm TL
Typical weight
2.5 kg
Pike-perch
Sander lucioperca
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
50 cm TL
Typical weight
2.5 kg
Atlantic mackerel
Scomber scombrus
Brackish
Saltwater
Typical size
30 cm FL
Typical weight
0.5 kg
Chub
Squalius cephalus
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
30 cm TL
Typical weight
0.8 kg
Pollack
Pollachius pollachius
Saltwater
Typical size
75 cm TL
Typical weight
2.5 kg
Australian salmon
Arripis trutta
Brackish
Saltwater
Typical size
47 cm TL
Typical weight
1.5 kg
Wels
Silurus glanis
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
150 cm
Typical weight
25 kg
Tench
Tinca tinca
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
20 cm TL
Typical weight
1.2 kg
Redbreast tilapia
Coptodon rendalli
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
30 cm
Typical weight
0.5 kg
White seabream
Diplodus sargus
Brackish
Saltwater
Typical size
22 cm TL
Typical weight
0.4 kg
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
38 cm TL
Typical weight
4.5 kg
Gilthead seabream
Sparus aurata
Brackish
Saltwater
Typical size
35 cm SL
Typical weight
1.2 kg
Fat snook
Centropomus parallelus
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
25 cm TL
Typical weight
0.8 kg
Ballan wrasse
Labrus bergylta
Saltwater
Typical size
50 cm SL
Typical weight
0.8 kg
Barred sorubim
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum
Freshwater
Typical size
90 cm
Typical weight
12 kg
Roach
Rutilus rutilus
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
25 cm TL
Typical weight
0.2 kg
Common snook
Centropomus undecimalis
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
50 cm TL
Typical weight
2.5 kg
Arctic char
Salvelinus alpinus
Freshwater
Brackish
Typical size
40 cm TL
Typical weight
1.5 kg
Meagre
Argyrosomus regius
Brackish
Saltwater
Typical size
150 cm TL
Typical weight
15 kg
Redtail catfish
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
Freshwater
Typical size
60 cm TL
Typical weight
5.5 kg
Bluefish
Pomatomus saltatrix
Brackish
Saltwater
Typical size
60 cm TL
Typical weight
2.5 kg