Other Species in Minnesota, Wisconsin & Michigan Lakes
Additional species found in regional lakes, including rough fish and less commonly targeted species.
178 other species species
northern pike
1,483 lakes (1483 MN)
yellow perch
1,452 lakes (1452 MN)
bluegill
1,439 lakes (1439 MN)
black crappie
1,386 lakes (1386 MN)
largemouth bass
1,314 lakes (1314 MN)
walleye
1,254 lakes (1254 MN)
pumpkinseed
1,246 lakes (1246 MN)
white sucker
1,154 lakes (1154 MN)
Panfish
1,148 lakes (1148 WI)
hybrid sunfish
1,124 lakes (1124 MN)
yellow bullhead
1,030 lakes (1030 MN)
black bullhead
926 lakes (926 MN)
brown bullhead
837 lakes (837 MN)
rock bass
729 lakes (729 MN)
green sunfish
702 lakes (702 MN)
bowfin (dogfish)
634 lakes (634 MN)
common carp
501 lakes (501 MN)
smallmouth bass
444 lakes (444 MN)
Musky
410 lakes (410 WI)
tullibee (cisco)
361 lakes (361 MN)
Yellow perch
203 lakes (203 MI)
shorthead redhorse
185 lakes (185 MN)
Largemouth bass
172 lakes (172 MI)
Bluntnose minnow
171 lakes (171 MI)
bigmouth buffalo
145 lakes (145 MN)
burbot
143 lakes (143 MN)
channel catfish
136 lakes (136 MN)
Iowa darter
131 lakes (131 MI)
muskellunge
130 lakes (130 MN)
White sucker
121 lakes (121 MI)
Lake herring
117 lakes (117 MI)
Rock bass
117 lakes (117 MI)
Smallmouth bass
117 lakes (117 MI)
Western banded killifish
116 lakes (116 MI)
Johnny darter
109 lakes (109 MI)
Trout
104 lakes (104 WI)
freshwater drum
103 lakes (103 MN)
white crappie
101 lakes (101 MN)
Northern pike
99 lakes (99 MI)
Blacknose shiner
91 lakes (91 MI)
Green sunfish
87 lakes (87 MI)
cisco species
84 lakes (84 MN)
lake whitefish
83 lakes (83 MN)
Yellow bullhead
78 lakes (78 MI)
Golden shiner
77 lakes (77 MI)
Sand shiner
76 lakes (76 MI)
Blackchin shiner
73 lakes (73 MI)
Mimic shiner
68 lakes (68 MI)
Northern longear sunfish
68 lakes (68 MI)
Common shiner
64 lakes (64 MI)
greater redhorse
63 lakes (63 MN)
orangespotted sunfish
62 lakes (62 MN)
silver redhorse
61 lakes (61 MN)
Black crappie
61 lakes (61 MI)
Central mudminnow
60 lakes (60 MI)
Catfish
54 lakes (54 WI)
Brown bullhead
50 lakes (50 MI)
Northern logperch
50 lakes (50 MI)
redhorse
49 lakes (49 MN)
lake trout
49 lakes (49 MN)
Grass pickerel
46 lakes (46 MI)
Creek chub
46 lakes (46 MI)
Brook silverside
45 lakes (45 MI)
white bass
43 lakes (43 MN)
Spottail shiner
43 lakes (43 MI)
Longnose gar
43 lakes (43 MI)
lake sturgeon
38 lakes (38 MN)
northern sunfish
36 lakes (36 MN)
sunfish
35 lakes (35 MN)
quillback
34 lakes (34 MN)
sauger
34 lakes (34 MN)
Sturgeon
34 lakes (34 WI)
rainbow smelt
30 lakes (30 MN)
Mottled sculpin
30 lakes (30 MI)
Hornyhead chub
28 lakes (28 MI)
Black bullhead
28 lakes (28 MI)
Spotted gar
26 lakes (26 MI)
golden redhorse
25 lakes (25 MN)
Lake chubsucker
24 lakes (24 MI)
rainbow trout
23 lakes (23 MN)
Lake whitefish
22 lakes (22 MI)
Common Carp
22 lakes (22 ND)
Spotfin shiner
21 lakes (21 MI)
shortnose gar
20 lakes (20 MN)
Tadpole madtom
20 lakes (20 MI)
Rosyface shiner
20 lakes (20 MI)
Brook stickleback
20 lakes (20 MI)
tiger muskellunge
18 lakes (18 MN)
Least darter
18 lakes (18 MI)
Bowfin
18 lakes (18 MI)
Fathead minnow
18 lakes (18 MI)
river redhorse
16 lakes (16 MN)
smallmouth buffalo
16 lakes (16 MN)
brook trout
16 lakes (16 MN)
Striped shiner
16 lakes (16 MI)
Redear sunfish
16 lakes (16 MI)
Golden redhorse
15 lakes (15 MI)
Northern pearl dace
15 lakes (15 MI)
Rainbow smelt
15 lakes (15 MI)
Emerald shiner
14 lakes (14 MI)
Rainbow trout
14 lakes (14 MI)
White Bass
14 lakes (14 ND)
gizzard shad
13 lakes (13 MN)
longnose gar
13 lakes (13 MN)
Blackstripe topminnow
13 lakes (13 MI)
Burbot
13 lakes (13 MI)
splake
12 lakes (12 MN)
hybrid crappie
12 lakes (12 MN)
Blackside darter
12 lakes (12 MI)
Brook trout
12 lakes (12 MI)
Northern redbelly dace
11 lakes (11 MI)
mooneye
10 lakes (10 MN)
river carpsucker
10 lakes (10 MN)
longnose sucker
10 lakes (10 MN)
Central stoneroller
10 lakes (10 MI)
yellow bass
9 lakes (9 MN)
northern pike (silver phase)
9 lakes (9 MN)
Trout-perch
9 lakes (9 MI)
Bigmouth Buffalo
8 lakes (8 ND)
flathead catfish
7 lakes (7 MN)
brown trout
7 lakes (7 MN)
goldeye
7 lakes (7 MN)
Shorthead redhorse
7 lakes (7 MI)
Rainbow darter
7 lakes (7 MI)
Brassy minnow
7 lakes (7 MI)
Silver lamprey
7 lakes (7 MI)
highfin carpsucker
6 lakes (6 MN)
crappie
6 lakes (6 MN)
Western blacknose dace
6 lakes (6 MI)
Common carp
6 lakes (6 MI)
Bigmouth shiner
6 lakes (6 MI)
Lake sturgeon
6 lakes (6 MI)
Pure Muskellunge
6 lakes (6 ND)
Goldeye
6 lakes (6 ND)
spotted sucker
5 lakes (5 MN)
walleye/sauger
5 lakes (5 MN)
American eel
5 lakes (4 MN, 1 MI)
Chestnut lamprey
5 lakes (5 MI)
Ninespine stickleback
5 lakes (5 MI)
Silver redhorse
5 lakes (5 MI)
paddlefish
4 lakes (4 MN)
suckers
4 lakes (4 MN)
goldfish
4 lakes (4 MN)
Slimy sculpin
4 lakes (4 MI)
Brindled madtom
4 lakes (4 MI)
Finescale dace
4 lakes (4 MI)
White bass
4 lakes (4 MI)
Pugnose shiner
3 lakes (3 MI)
Brown trout
3 lakes (3 MI)
American brook lamprey
3 lakes (3 MI)
Longnose sucker
3 lakes (3 MI)
Northern Logperch
3 lakes (3 MI)
Spotted sucker
3 lakes (3 MI)
Lake trout
3 lakes (3 MI)
Freshwater Drum
3 lakes (3 ND)
shovelnose sturgeon
2 lakes (2 MN)
northern hog sucker
2 lakes (2 MN)
warmouth
2 lakes (2 MN)
Northern hog sucker
2 lakes (2 MI)
Greater redhorse
2 lakes (2 MI)
Round whitefish
2 lakes (2 MI)
Tiger Trout
2 lakes (2 ND)
black redhorse
1 lakes (1 MN)
carpsucker
1 lakes (1 MN)
white perch
1 lakes (1 MN)
Greenside darter
1 lakes (1 MI)
Silver shiner
1 lakes (1 MI)
Freshwater drum
1 lakes (1 MI)
Barred fantail darter
1 lakes (1 MI)
Alewife
1 lakes (1 MI)
Atlantic salmon
1 lakes (1 MI)
Deepwater sculpin
1 lakes (1 MI)
Starhead topminnow
1 lakes (1 MI)
Weed shiner
1 lakes (1 MI)
Shortjaw cisco
1 lakes (1 MI)
Flathead catfish
1 lakes (1 MI)
Tiger Muskellunge
1 lakes (1 ND)
Smallmouth Buffalo
1 lakes (1 ND)
Top-graded lakes for other species
AEast Fox Lake · Crow Wing Co.ANorth Long Lake · Crow Wing Co.ABad Medicine Lake · Becker Co.ABig Sugar Bush Lake · Becker Co.ARound Lake · Cook Co.AHorseshoe Lake · Cass Co.ALong Lake · Cass Co.ALong Lake · Clearwater Co.ALong Lake · Beltrami Co.ALong Lake · Becker Co.ALong Lake · Cass Co.ALong Lake · Itasca Co.ALong Lake · Itasca Co.ADead Lake · Hubbard Co.AOtter Lake · Otter Tail Co.