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| Burbot Lake Winnipesauki, Gilford, NH |
One of the most satisfying aspects of fishing is the pursuit of different species. My goal is to catch as many species as I can in one year. This approach is similar to the activities of birdwatchers. My birdwatching past is what inspired me to take a species diversification approach to fishing.
Here's the list for 2019. A total of sixty three species were caught, same total as in 2018 Twenty one species were caught in freshwater. Forty three species were caught in saltwater which is a new record for me. . One species, Brown Trout, was caught in both fresh and salt water. The list includes six new species, Checkered Pufferfish, Cottonwick Grunt, Striped Grunt, Vemillion Snapper, Green Moray, and Yellowfin Mojarra. All of these were caught during a vacation to Belize. The list also includes quite few species that I haven’t caught in recent years. Some examples of these are Great Barracuda, Little Skate, Acadian Redfish, Spanish Mackerel, Lane Snapper, Yellowtail Snapper, Schoolmaster Snapper and Grey Snapper to name a few.
All species are listed by one or more common names followed by the scientific name. The number indicates how many were caught during the year. Letters following the number indicate mode of fishing (see key). Also included are the locations where each species was caught in 2019.
Mode Key:
K kayak, canoe, or rowboat
SH shore
MB private motorboat
PB party boat
CH charter boat
IF ice fishing
Saltwater
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| Bluefish Popponesset Bay, Mashpee, MA |
1. Acadian Redfish, Sebastes fasciatus (1) PB
Location(s): Stellwagen Bank
2. Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua (58) PB
Location(s): Stellwagen Bank, Browns Ledge
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3. Atlantic Mackerel, Scomber scombrus (132) SH, PB
Location(s): Cape Cod Canal, Cape Cod Bay, Stellwagen Bank
4. Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata (125) MB, CH, SH, K
Location(s): Westport MA, Megansett Harbor North Falmouth MA, Woods Hole MA, Browns Ledge
5. Bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix (37) SH
Location(s): Oregon Beach Cotuit MA, Popponesset Bay Mashpee MA, Cape Cod Bay, Megansett Harbor North Falmouth MA, Dowses Beach Osterville MA
6. Blue Runner, Caranx crysos (3) K, SH
Location(s): Dowses Beach Osterville MA
7. Bonito, Sarda sarda (3) SH
Location(s): Cape Cod Canal, Megansett Harbor North Falmouth MA
8. Brown Trout (Sea-run), Salmo trutta (1) SH
Location(s): Scorton Creek Sandwich MA
9. Checkered Pufferfish, Sphoeroides spengleri (2) CH, SH
Location(s): Caye Caulker Belize
10. Cottonwick Grunt, Haemulon melanurum (1) CH
Location(s): Caye Caulker Belize
11. Cunner (aka Bergall, Choggie), Tautogolabrus adspersus (9) MB
Location(s): Browns Ledge, Cape Cod Canal, Plymouth Bay
12. Cusk, Brosme brosme (1) PB
Location(s): Stellwagen Bank
13. False Albacore Euthynnus alletteratus (1) SH
Location(s): Megansett Harbor North Falmouth MA
14. Fluke (aka Summer Flounder), Paralichthys dentatus (7) MB
Location(s): Westport MA
15.Great Barrcuda, Sphyraena barracuda (2) CH
Location(s): Caye Caulker Belize
16. Green Moray Eel, Gymnothorax funebris (1) CH
Location(s): Caye Caulker Belize
17. Grey Snapper, Lutjanus griseus (7) CH
Location(s): Caye Caulker Belize
18. Haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus (26) PB
Location(s): Stellwagen Bank
19. Inshore Lizardfish, Synodus foetens (1) K
Location(s): Megansett Harbor North Falmouth MA
20. Little Skate, Leucoraja erinacea (1) PB
Location(s): Cape Cod Bay
21. Lane Snapper, Lutjanus synagris (11) CH
Location(s): Caye Caulker Belize
22. Menhaden (aka Bunker, Pogy), Brevoortia tyrannus (23) K, SH
Location(s): Megansett Harbor North Falmouth MA, Dowses Beach Osterville MA, Popponesset Bay Mashie MA
23. Northern Kingfish, Menticirrhus saxatilis (7) SH
Location(s): Parker River Yarmouth MA
24. Northern Puffer, Sphoeroides maculatus (7) K
Location(s): Megansett Harbor North Falmouth MA
25. Northern Sea Robin, Prionotus carolinus (1) K
Location(s): Westport MA
26. Pollock (aka Coalfish), Pollachius virens (15) SH, MB, PB
Location(s): Cape Cod Canal, Inner Mayo Ledge Westport MA, Cape Cod Bay
27. Red Hake (aka Ling), Urophycis chuss (5) PB
Location(s): Stellwagen Bank
28. Schoolmaster Snapper, Lutjanus apodus (1) SH
Location(s): Caye Caulker Belize
29. Sculpin, Myoxocephalus scorpius (4) PB
Location(s): Stellwagen Bank
30. Scup (aka Porgy), Stenotomus chysops (86) K, MB, SH
Location(s): Megansett Harbor North Falmouth MA, Westport MA, Browns Ledge, Dowses Beach Osterville MA, Inner Mayo Ledge Westport MA
31. Silverside, Menida menida (2) SH
Location(s): Megansett Harbor North Falmouth MA
32. Smooth Dogfish, Mustelus canis (2) MB
Location(s): Megansett Harbor North Falmouth MA, Westport MA
33. Spanish Mackerel, Scomberomorus maculatus (2) SH
Location(s): Megansett Harbor North Falmouth MA
34. Spiny Dogfish, Squalus acanthias (7) PB
Location(s): Northeast of Stellwagen Bank, Coxes Ledge
35. Striped Bass, Morone saxatilis (13) K, SH, MB
Location(s): Popponesset Bay Mashpee MA, Cape Cod Canal, Westport River, Dowses Beach Osterville MA
36. Striped Grunt, Haemulon striatum (1) CH
Location(s): Caye Caulker Belize
37. Striped Sea Robin, Prionotus evolans (14) K, MB
Location(s): Megansett Harbor North Falmouth MA, Westport MA, Cape Cod Bay
38. Tautog, Tautoga onitis (24) MB
Location(s): Inner Mayo Ledge Westport MA, Browns Ledge
39. Windowpane Flounder, Scophthalmus aquosus (1) PB
Location(s): Cape Cod Bay
40. Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus (10) PB
Location(s): Cape Cod Bay
41. Vermillion Snapper, Rhomboplites aurorubens (2) CH
Location(s): Caye Caulker Belize
42. Yellowfin Mojarra, Gerres cinereus (2) SH
Location(s): Caye Caulker Belize
43. Yellowtail Snapper, Ocyrus chrysurur (1) CH
Location(s): Caye Caulker Belize
Freshwater
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| Northern Pike Buck Pond, Vermontville, NY |
1. Black Crappie, Pomoxis nigromaculatus (1) SH
Location(s): Mill Pond Wareham MA
2. Bluegill Sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus (5) SH, K
Location(s): Lake Winnipesaukee NH, Childs River Falmouth MA
3. Brook Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis (3) SH
Location(s): Grews Pond Falmouth MA, Scargo Lake Dennis MA
4. Brown Bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus (1) SH
Location(s): Santuit Pond Mashie MA
5. Brown Trout, Salmo trutta (12) SH
Location(s): Spectacle Pond Sandwich MA, Scargo Lake Dennis MA, Hamblin Pond Barnstable MA, Grews Pond Falmouth MA, Pimlico Pond Sandwich MA
6. Burbot (aka Cusk), Lota lota (3) IF
Location(s): Lake Winnipesaukee NH
7. Chain Pickerel, Esox niger (15) IF
Location(s): Santuit Pond Mashpee MA, Pocassett River Bourne MA, Lake Winnipesaukee NH, Lake Wentworth Wolfboro NH
8. Fallfish, Semotilus corporalis (4) SH
Location(s): Spicket River Salem NH
9. Golden Shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas (7) SH
Location(s): Spicket River Salem NH, Lake Winnipesaukee NH, Buck Pond Vermolntsville NY
10. Lake Trout, Salvelinus namaycush (1) IF
Location(s): Lake Winnipesaukee NH
11. Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides (19) SH
Location(s): Mill Pond Wareham MA, Pimlico Pond Sandwich MA, Hathaway Pond Barnstable MA, Shubael Pond Barnstable MA, Scargo Lake Dennis MA, Spectacle Pond Sandwich MA, Coonamesset River Falmouth MA, Coonamesset Pond Falmouth MA, Wequaquet Pond Barnstable MA, Buck Pond Vermolntsville NY
12. Landlocked Salmon, Salmo salar sebego (1) IF
Location(s): Lake Winnipesaukee NH
13. Northern Pike, Esox lucius (4) K
Location(s): Buck Pond Vermolntsville NY
14. Pumpkinseed Sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus (24) SH, K
Location(s): Santuit Pond Mashpee, Lake Winnipesaukee NH, Buck Pond Vermolntsville NY
15. Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (8) SH
Location(s): Grews Pond Falmouth MA, Spectacle Pond Sandwich MA, Mashpee-Wakeby Pond Mashie MA
16. Redbreast Sunfish, Lepomis auritus (6) SH
Location(s): Spicket River Salem NH
17. Smallmouth Bass, Micropterus dolomieu (11) SH
Location(s): Scargo Lake Dennis MA, Spectacle Pond Sandwich MA
18. Tiger Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis X Salmo trutta Hybrid (2) SH
Location(s): Scargo Lake Dennis MA, Spectacle Pond Sandwich MA
19. White Perch, Morone americanus (1) SH
Location(s): Santuit Pond Mashpee MA
20. White Sucker, Catostomus commersonii (3) SH
Location(s): Mashpee-Wakeby Pond Mashie MA
21. Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens (874) IF, SH, K
Location(s): Lake Winnipesaukee Moultonborough NH, Spicket River Salem NH, Hathaway Pond Barnstable MA, Mill Pond Wareham MA, Pimlico Pond Sandwich MA, Spectacle Pond Sandwich MA, Santuit Pond Mashpee MA, Buck Pond Vermolntsville NY
