Growing up in New England with a fly rod gave Jeff a quick start on his freshwater fish list. The trout fishing was mediocre at best near his home but the warmwater fish species were abundant and cooperative. Most of Jeff’s fishing in North America has taken place in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. However, Jeff’s an opportunist and where he goes his fly rod goes. Jeff has also fished in the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia and Canada’s provinces of Labrador, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan.
Burbot (Lota lota)
Carp,
- Common
- Grass (White Amur)
- Goldfish
- Koi
- Mirror (Cyprinus Carpio)
Catfish,
- Bullhead, Black
- Bullhead, Brown
- Channel
Chub,
- Creek
- Fallfish
- Hornyhead
- Lake
- Peamouth
- Utah
Dace,
- Speckled
- Longnose
Drum,
- Freshwater
Mooneye (Hiodon tergisus),
Perch,
- White
- Yellow
- Walleye
Pikeminnow,
- Northern (Ptychocheilus oregonensis)
Pikes,
- Muskellunge
- Northern Pike (Esox lucius)
- Pickerel, Chain (Esox niger)
- Pickerel, Redfin
Shad, Gizzard (Dorosoma cepedianum)
Shiner,
- Common
- Golden
- Redside
- Striped
Sturgeon, White (Acipenser transmontanus)
Sucker,
- Bluehead
- Buffalo, Smallmouth (Ictiobus bubalis)
- Desert Sucker or Gila Mountain (Catostomus clarkii)
- Longnose
- Mountain
- Redhorse, River (Moxostoma carinatum)
- Redhorse, Silver (Moxostoma anisurum)
- Sonora or Gila (Catostomus insignis)
- Utah
- White (Catostomus commersonii)
Sunfish,
- Bass, Largemouth (Micropterus salmoides)
- Bass, Rock
- Bass, Redeye (Micopterus coosae)
- Bass, Shoal (Micropterus cataractae)
- Bass, Smallmouth (Micropterus dolomieu)
- Bass, Spotted (Micopterus punctulatus)
- Crappie, Black
- Bluegill
- Green
- Green/Bluegill Hybrid
- Longear (Lepomis megalotus)
- Pumpkinseed
- Redbreast
- Redear
- Warmouth
Tilapia
- Mozambique (Oreochromis mossambicus)
Temperate Bass,
- Striped
- White
- Yellow
Trout, Salmon, Char & Grayling,
- Arctic Grayling
- Char, Arctic (Salvelinus alpinus)
- Char, Brook Trout
- Char, Brook Trout, Sea-run
- Char, Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus)
- Char, Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
- Salmon, Chinook
- Salmon, Coho
- Salmon, Kokanee
- Salmon, Landlocked
- Salmon, Sockeye
- Trout, Apache
- Trout, Brown
- Trout, Cutthroat, Bonneville
- Trout, Cutthroat, Coastal (Sea-run)
- Trout, Cutthroat, Colorado River
- Trout, Cutthroat, Lahontan (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi)
- Trout, Cutthroat, Snake River Fine-spotted
- Trout, Cutthroat, Westslope
- Trout, Cutthroat, Yellowstone
- Trout, Cuttbow, Rainbow/Cutthroat, Hybrid
- Trout, Golden, Kerns River
- Trout, Rainbow
- Trout, Redband
- Trout, Steelhead
Whitefish,
- Lake
- Mountain
- Sheefish or Inconnu (Stenodus leucichthys nelma)