Maine Guide - Fish ID - BC
Cusk
Coldwater sport fish. 18", 1.5lbs.
Elongated body with a broad, flattened triangular head. The mouth is big and huge. A single
chin barbel adorns the decrease jaw. Scales are small and embedded giving burbot the arrival
of being slimy. The anal and dorsal fins run almost half the duration of the frame. In Maine,
shade ranges from a tan to dark brown historical past overlaid with dark brown to black mottling
or spots.
Rainbow Smelt
Coldwater recreation fish. 3-5".
Their body is lengthy and slim with a massive elongated, pointed mouth. They have sturdy
conical teeth on jaws and tongue, with fewer than seventy five scales along lateral line. Color is
silver with a green lower back, and iridescent pink, pink, and blue reflections on the side. An
adipose fin is gift.
Brook Trout
Coldwater recreation fish. 13". Can be distinguished from other members of the trout own family
with the aid of the dark, wavy, worm-like line on their lower back and the white main edges of
their fins, which includes the tail.
Landlocked Salmon
Coldwater recreation fish. Sixteen-18", 1-2lbs. Adults are normally silvery with a slightly forked
tail and small X-shaped markings at the returned and upper aspects. Juveniles have a darkish
crimson spot among every pair of parr marks. Mature adult males expand a "kype", or hooked
jaw, all through the spawning season.
Arctic Charr
Coldwater recreation fish. 20", 3lbs. Can stay two decades. Slender member of the salmon and
trout family. Usually darkish on the returned, lighter on the stomach, and having light spots on
the perimeters. Paired fins are orange to pink with a bright white main side. Tail is fairly forked
Brown Trout
Cusk
Coldwater sport fish. 18", 1.5lbs.
Elongated body with a broad, flattened triangular head. The mouth is big and huge. A single
chin barbel adorns the decrease jaw. Scales are small and embedded giving burbot the arrival
of being slimy. The anal and dorsal fins run almost half the duration of the frame. In Maine,
shade ranges from a tan to dark brown historical past overlaid with dark brown to black mottling
or spots.
Rainbow Smelt
Coldwater recreation fish. 3-5".
Their body is lengthy and slim with a massive elongated, pointed mouth. They have sturdy
conical teeth on jaws and tongue, with fewer than seventy five scales along lateral line. Color is
silver with a green lower back, and iridescent pink, pink, and blue reflections on the side. An
adipose fin is gift.
Brook Trout
Coldwater recreation fish. 13". Can be distinguished from other members of the trout own family
with the aid of the dark, wavy, worm-like line on their lower back and the white main edges of
their fins, which includes the tail.
Landlocked Salmon
Coldwater recreation fish. Sixteen-18", 1-2lbs. Adults are normally silvery with a slightly forked
tail and small X-shaped markings at the returned and upper aspects. Juveniles have a darkish
crimson spot among every pair of parr marks. Mature adult males expand a "kype", or hooked
jaw, all through the spawning season.
Arctic Charr
Coldwater recreation fish. 20", 3lbs. Can stay two decades. Slender member of the salmon and
trout family. Usually darkish on the returned, lighter on the stomach, and having light spots on
the perimeters. Paired fins are orange to pink with a bright white main side. Tail is fairly forked
Brown Trout
