My Lifelist

My Lifelist: A visual documentation of the fish species I have caught in my lifetime 

Rules

1. All fish must be caught on hook and line (not intentionally snagged)
2. All fish must be caught legally (accidents in the off-season are acceptable)
3. Must have a photo of the fish to enter it into a lifelist
4. The fish must be identifiable in the photo

Key:

1. Common name in normal font
2. Scientific name in italics and parentheses
3. Date caught in 2nd row
4. Where and How in 3rd and 4th row
5. Species Photo Large
6. Subspecies and/or hybrid and/or strain  photo small

So far I have caught 132 species of fish

                                                                                                                                                                   

STURGEONS

Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) June 2, 2016 Minnesota River, Minnesota Nightcrawler on octopus hook

BOWFINS

Bowfin (Amia calva) June 5, 2016 Secret Locale, Minnesota Cut Golden Shiner bottom rigged

GARS

Florida Gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus) July 2, 2016 Farm canal, Kissimmee, Florida Cut bluegill under float

OLD WORLD SILVERSIDES

Hardhead Silverside (Atherinomorus stipes) December 27, 2016 Hotel dock, Pargueras, Puerto Rico Tanago hook with fleck of cut needlefish

NEEDLEFISHES

Houndfish (Tylosurus crocodilus) December 27, 2016 Hotel dock, Pargueras, Puerto Rico Live freelined silverside

ANCHOVIES

Bay Anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli) February 13, 2015 Marina, Atlantic Ocean, St. Augustine, Florida Size 12 Sabiki

TOPMINNOWS AND NORTH AMERICAN KILLIFISHES

Banded Killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) June 13, 2015 Sylvan Lake, New Jersey Tanago Hook with Gulp! Worm

Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) June 18, 2017 Trenton-Hamilton Marsh, NJ Tanago Hook with worm

LIVEBEARERS

Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) June 28, 2017 Millstone River, NJ Tanago hook with worm

Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) February 15, 2015 Okeeheelee Lake, Florida Tanago Hook with piece of hotdog

STICKLEBACKS

Three-spined Stickleback August 20, 2017 Reykjavik city pond Bacon on tanago hook

GOURAMIS

Round-tailed Paradisefish (Macropodus ocellatus) July 10, 2017 Tsinghua University Pond, Beijing Flake of bread on tanago hook

LABRISOME BLENNIES

Hairy Blenny (Labrisomus nuchipinnis) February 16, 2015 Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida Piece of squid under a rock

GOBIES

Frillfin Goby (Bathygobius soporator) December 24, 2016 Escambron, San Juan, Puerto Rico Tanago hook with shrimp

Crested Goby (Lophogogius cyprinoides) February 17, 2015 Manatee Park, Orange River, Fort Myers Tanago hook with squid tentacle

Sand Goby (Pomatoschistus minutus) August 25 Dock behind Louisiana Museum, Denmark Tanago hook with bacon

CICHLIDS

Mayan Cichlid (Cichlasoma urophthalmus) February 17, 2015 Manatee Park, Orange River, Fort Myers Piece of squid under float

Crenicichla anthurus March 2018 Rio Nangaritza, Nangaritza, Ecuador Cut tetra

Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) March 2018 Ditch, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador Worm on Tanago hook

SURFPERCHES

Shiner Surfperch (Cymatogaster aggregata) August 31, 2014 Pacific Ocean, Harbor on Victoria Island, British Colombia Nub of worm bottom fished

WRASSES

Bergall (Tautogolabrus adspersus) August 14, 2016 Shark River Inlet, Belmar, New Jersey Pink Gulp! Maggot lowered around rocks

DAMSELFISHES AND CLOWNFISHES

Sergeant Major Damselfish (Abudefduf saxatilis) December 23, 2016 Pier, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico Shrimp

Dusky Damselfish (Stegastes adustus) December 24, 2016 Escambron, San Juan, Puerto Rico Shrimp

Longfin Damselfish (Stegastes diencaeus) December 29, 2016 Marina, Pargueras, Puerto Rico Squid

Beaugregory Damselfish (Stegastes leucostictus) December 27, 2016 Marina, Pargueras, Puerto Rico Squid

JACKS, POMPANOS, RUNNERS, AND SCADS

Horse-eye Jack (Caranx latus) December 27, 2016 Marina, Pargueras, Puerto Rico Cut fish freelined by dock

Permit (Trachinotus falcatus) December 23, 2016 Pier, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico Shrimp under float fished in surf

SUNFISHES AND BLACK BASSES

Mud Sunfish (Acantharchus pomotis) August 13, 2017 Secret, NJ Worm fished tight to shore

Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris) July 5, 2014 Off a dock at Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota White twistertail with jighead

Blackbanded Sunfish (Enneacanthus chaetodon) June 25, 2017 Secret, NJ Worm fished tight to shore

Bluespotted Sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus) June 25, 2017 Secret, NJ Worm fished tight to shore

Banded Sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus) June 25, 2017 Secret, NJ Worm fished tight to shore

Redbreast Sunfish May 22, 2014 Beden's Brook, NJ Gold Trout Magnet

Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) May 18, 2014 Bedens Brook, New Jersey Half a Gold Trout Magnet

Pumpkinseed Sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus) August 10, 2013 Golf Course pond of Bedens Brook, New Jersey Nightcrawler under bobber

Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus) June 18, 2017 Trenton-Hamilton Marsh, NJ Worm freelined under log

Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) July 8, 2013 Golf Course pond of Bedens Brook, New Jersey Nightcrawler under bobber

Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) July 2, 2016 Farm canal, Kissimmee, Florida Bottom rigged worm under slip-float

Spotted Sunfish (Lepomis punctatus) July 3, 2016 Wekiva River, Florida Redworm with split shot dangled under log

Florida Bass (Micropterus floridanus) February 15, 2015 Okeeheelee Lake, Florida Live Bluegill

Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) July 15, 2014 Minnehaha Creek by Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota Bottom Rigged Crawler

Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) July 21, 2013 Golf Course Pond off Bedens Brook, New Jersey Rapala Ultralight Shad

White Crappie (Pomoxis annularis) April 22, 2014 Boat Dock on Grapevine Lake, Texas Crappie jig

Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) June 3, 2016 Bass Lake, Plymouth, Minnesota Freelined live fathead under dock

Green Sunfish x Bluegill July 5, 2014 Off a dock at Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota White twistertail with jighead

Pumpkinseed Sunfish x Green Sunfish August 28, 2015 Mud Creek, NY Yellow and Black Rooster Tail

Coppernose Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus mystacalis) February 15, 2015 Okeeheelee Lake, Florida Free drifted piece of croissant

Bluegill x Pumpkinseed May 31, 2017 The Lawrenceville School Pond Black Ant Fly

MOJARRAS

Jenny Mojarra (Eucinostomus gula) December 27, 2016 Marina, Pargueras, Puerto Rico Shrimp

Spotfin Mojarra (Eucinostomus argenteus) December 23, 2016 Pier, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico Shrimp

Yellowfin Mojarra (Gerres cinereus) December 27, 2016 Marina, Pargueras, Puerto Rico Fleck of cut bait

GRUNTS

Tomtate Grunt (Haemulon aurolineatum) December 27, 2016 Marina, Pargueras, Puerto Rico Fleck of cut bait

French Grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum) December 27, 2016 Marina, Pargueras, Puerto Rico Fleck of cut bait

SNAPPERS

Yellowtail Snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus) December 27, 2016 Hotel dock, Pargueras, Puerto Rico Jig with Gulp! minnow

TEMPERATE BASSES

White Perch (Morone americana) June 15, 2017 Carnegie Lake, NJ Small jig with Gulp! Minnow

Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) September 21, 2014 Island Farm Weir, Raritan River, New Jersey Chartreuse Panfish tube

DARTERS, PERCHES, AND WALLEYES

Tessellated Darter (Etheostoma olmstedi) May 25, 2015 Beden's Brook, New Jersey Gulp! worm segment on tanago hook

Yellow Perch (Perca flavenscens) August 25, 2015 Seneca Lake Pier, Seneca Lake NY Worms and minnows on hook jigged

European Perch (Perca fluviatilis) August 27, 2017 Channel behind Vasa Museum, Stockholm Jig and soft plastic

BLUEFISHES

Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix ) August 9, 2015 Atlantic Ocean, Golden Eagle Party Boat off Belmar, NJ Diamond jig with teaser

DRUMS

Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) July 15, 2014 Minnehaha Creek by Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota Bottom Rigged Crawler

PORGIES

Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) February 16, 2015 Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida Piece of squid under a rock

MACKERELS, TUNAS, AND BONITOS

Atlantic Chub Mackerel (Scomber colias) August 9, 2015 Atlantic Ocean, Golden Eagle Party Boat off Belmar, NJ Diamond jig with teaser

BARRACUDAS

Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) December 29, 2016 Pargueras, Puerto Rico Handline trolling ballyhoo strip rig

PRICKLEBACKS

Snake Prickleback (Lumpenus sagitta) August 31, 2014 Pacific Ocean, Harbor on Victoria Island, British Colombia Nub of worm bottom fished

RIGHTEYE FLOUNDERS

Rock Sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata) August 23, 2014 Gig Harbor, Pacific Ocean, Washington Bottom Rigged Tube Worm

Common Dab (Limanda limanda) August 19, 2017 Reykjavik Old Harbor Jig with bacon

LARGETOOTH FLOUNDERS

Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) July 26, 2015 Manasquan River, Pt. Pleasant, NJ Spearing/squid combo drifted

COTTID SCULPINS

Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii) November 7, 2014 West Prong of the Little Pigeon River, Gatlinburg, Tennessee Worm under rock

Riffle Sculpin (Cottus gulosus) August 26, 2014 Sol Duc River Worm under Rock

Torrent Sculpin (Cottus rhotheus) August 26, 2014 Sol Duc River Worm under Rock

Pacific Staghorn Sculpin (Leptocottus armatus) August 23, 2014 Gig Harbor, Pacific Ocean, Washington Bottom Rigged Tube Worm

Shorthorn Sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius) August 19, 2017 Reykjavik Old Harbor Jig with bacon

PUFFERFISH

Checkered Puffer (Sphoeroides testudineus) February 16, 2015 Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida Piece of squid

HERRINGS, SHADS, SARDINES, MENHADENS

American Shad (Alosa sapidissima) June 1, 2014 Duke Island Park, Raritan River, New Jersey Yellow and Black Rooster Tail Spinner

LIZARDFISHES

Inshore Lizardfish (Synodus foetens) December 29, 2016 Pargueras, Puerto Rico Handline trolling ballyhoo strip rig

FRESHWATER EELS

American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) May 31, 2015 Millstone River, Griggstown, New Jersey Bottom Rigged Whole Crawler

ANOSTOMIDS

Leporinus sp. March 2018 Rio Nangaritza, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador Worm

CHARACHINS

Brycon coxeyi March 2018 Rio Nangaritza, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador Night-fished piece of tetra

??? March 2018 Rio Nangaritza, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador Worm

??? March 2018 Rio Nangaritza, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador Worm

??? March 2018 Rio Nangaritza, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador Worm

??? March 6, 2017 Rio Nangaritza, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador Freelined worm piece

??? March 2018 Rio Nangaritza, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador Worm

PENCILFISHES

Piabucina elongata March 9, 2017 Rio Nangaritza tributary, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador Cut bait under float

SUCKERS

White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii) September 14, 2014 Bedens Brook, New Jersey Jighead with worm

Shorthead Redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum) June 2, 2016 Minnehaha Creek Confluence, Minneapolis, Minnesota Bottom rigged half-crawler on slip sinker

CYPRINIDS

Hemiculterella wui July 29, 2017 Pond in Beijing Flake of bun on tanago hook skimmed at surface

Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) August 28, 2017 Stockholm canal Bacon dragged behind float

Rosy Bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus) July 10, 2017 Tsinghua University Pond, Beijing Flake of bread on tanago hook

Acheilognathus sp. July 10, 2017 Tsinghua University Pond, Beijing Flake of bread on tanago hook

Goldfish (Carassius auratus) June 18, 2016 Secret, PA Oatmeal/corn/bread on size 12 hook under float

Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) June 18, 2016 Secret, PA Bread on surface

Stone Moroko (Pseudorasbora parva) July 10, 2017 Tsinghua University Pond, Beijing Flake of bread on tanago hook

Common Bream (Abramis brama) August 30, 2017 Stockholm canal Freelined Gulp! hot pink maggot

White Bream (Blicca bjoerkna) August 28, 2017 Stockholm canal Freelined bread

Satinfin Shiner (Cyprinella analostana) July 3, 2015 Neshaminy Creek, Tyler State Park, Pennsylvania Tanago hook with worm

Spotfin Shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera) July 3, 2015 Neshaminy Creek, Tyler State Park, Pennsylvania Tanago hook with worm

Ide (Leuciscus idus) August 28, 2017 Stockholm canal Freelined bread

Common Shiner (Luxilus cornutus) May 22, 2014 Bedens Brook, New Jersey Gold Trout Magnet

River Chub (Nocomis micropogon) November 9, 2014 Ocanaluftee River, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee Worm drifted under log

Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) August 22, 2015 Lamoka Lake, New York State Tanago hook with worm

River Shiner (Notropis blennius) June 2, 2016 Minnehaha Creek Confluence, Minneapolis, Minnesota Tanago hook with nub of worm

Spottail Shiner (Notropis hudsonius) July 3, 2015 Neshaminy Creek, Tyler State Park, Pennsylvania Tanago hook with worm

Carmine Shiner (Notropis percobromus) June 2, 2016 Minnehaha Creek, Minneapolis, Minnesota Tanago hook with nub of worm

Swallowtail Shiner (Notropis procne) July 3, 2015 Neshaminy Creek, Tyler State Park, Pennsylvania Tanago hook with worm

Mirror Shiner (Notropis spectrunculus) November 9, 2014 Ocanaluftee River, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee Worm under rock by shoreline

Bluntnose Minnow (Pimephales notatus) June 4, 2016 Rum River, Minnesota Tanago hook with nub of worm

Eastern Blacknose Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus atratulus) May 26, 2015 Bedens Brook, New Jersey Tanago hook with Gulp! worm

Longnose Dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) August 25, 2015 Buttermilk Creek, Buttermilk Falls State Park, NY Tanago hook with worm

Roach (Rutilus rutilus) August 28, 2017 Stockholm canal Freelined bread

Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) August 24, 2015 Seneca Lake Pier, Seneca Lake NY Baitholder hook with worm under float

Creek Chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) May 22, 2014 Bedens Brook, New Jersey Gold Trout Magnet

Fallfish (Semotilus corporalis) August 17, 2015 Dingman's Ferry, Delaware River, PA Chartreuse panfish tube

Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) July 4, 2017 Changsha Pond, China Feed pellet under float

CETOPSIDS

Cetopsis plumbea March 2018 Rio Nagaritza, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador Night-fished worm

HEPTAPTERIDS

Rhamdia sp. March 2018 Rio Nagaritza, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador Night-fished worm

Rhamdia sp. March 2018 Rio Nagaritza, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador Night-fished worm

ICTALURIDS

White Catfish (Ameiurus catus) February 16, 2015 Canal, West Palm Beach, Florida Hot dog Bottom fished

Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas) July 12, 2014 Mooney Lake, Minnesota Chicken under a float

Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis) October 1, 2014 Bedens Brook, New Jersey Cut sunfish on the bottom with a cane pole

Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) October 1, 2014 Bedens Brook, New Jersey Cut sunfish on the bottom with a cane pole

Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) March 28, 2016 Mouth of Dogue Creek, VA Cut Croaker bottom fished on Fish Finder Rig

Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) May 31, 2015 Millstone River, Griggstown, New Jersey Bottom Rigged Threadfin Herring

Southern Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus marmoratus) December 26, 2012 Farm pond, Kissimmee, Florida Hot dog under float

TRUE CODS

Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) August 19, 2017  Reykjavik Old Harbor Jig with bacon

Coalfish (Pollachius virens) August 20, 2017  Reykjavik Old Harbor Bacon under float

PIKES AND MUDMINNOWS

Northern Pike (Esox lucius) June 4, 2016 Bass Lake, Plymouth, Minnesota Live Golden Shiner under float

Chain Pickerel (Esox niger) October 21, 2013 Camp Mason Lake, New Jersey Colorful Spinnerbait

SALMONS, TROUTS, CHARS, FRESHWATER WHITEFISHES, AND GRAYLINGS

Crescenti Cutthroat Trout (O. clarkia clarkii f. crescenti) August 26, 2014 Crescent Lake, Washington Silver and blue Kastmaster

Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) November 8, 2014 Abrams Falls, Abrams Creek, Tennessee Black and Gold Rooster Tail spinner

Sockeye Salmon (Onchorhyncus nerka) August 2, 2012 Unknown Lake, Alaska Gold Blue Fox Spinner

Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) July 4, 2018 Finger Lakes, NY Silver and Blue Kastmaster

Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) May 12, 2012 Little Bushkill River, Lehman Lake Club, Pennsylvania Worm drifted under float

Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) August 23, 2017 Kerio Crater Prince nymph on fixed line rod

Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) May 12, 2012 Little Bushkill River, Lehman Lake Club, Pennsylvania Worn drifted under float

Coastal Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus) August 28, 2014 Queets River, Washington Silver and blue Kastmaster