- BLUEGILL
- Round, flat body
- Orange-colored belly, green-blue body
- 4-10 inches long
- State Record: 2lbs 13oz
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- GREEN SUNFISH
- Round, flat body
- Green colored with white edged fins
- 4-10 inches long
- State Record: 1lb 2.7oz
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- PUMPKINSEED
- Round, flat body
- Red-orange body, red "ear" spot
- 4-8 inches long
- State Record: 1lb 5.6oz
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- YELLOW PERCH
- Round, long body
- Black bars on yellow body
- 6-14 inches long
- State Record: 3lbs 4oz
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- BLACK CRAPPIE
- Round, flat body
- Black spots or lines on sides
- 6-14 inches long
- State Record: 5lbs
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- FRESHWATER DRUM
- Silver-gray colored
- Rounded tail
- Lateral lines runs through tail
- 8-18 inches long
- State Record: 35lbs 3.2oz
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- BLACK BULLHEAD
- Long, smooth-skinned body
- Black whiskers
- Stiff spine in top and side fins
- 4-14 inches long
- State Record: 3lbs 13.12oz
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- YELLOW BULLHEAD
- Long, smooth-skinned body
- Pale yellow whiskers
- Stiff spine in top and side fins
- 4-14 inches long
- State Record: 3lbs 10.5oz
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- CHANNEL CATFSIH
- Long, smooth-skinned body
- Forked tail
- Whiskers
- 10-30 inches long
- State Record: 38lbs
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- FLATHEAD CATFISH
- Long, smooth-skinned body
- Longer lower jaw than upper jaw
- Mottled coloration
- 12-36 inches long
- State Record: 70lbs
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- LARGEMOUTH BASS
- Big mouth
- Green, with dark lines on side of body
- 6-24 inches long
- State Record: 8lbs 12.75oz
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- SMALLMOUTH BASS
- Bronze colored with vertical bars
- Mouth doesn't extend beyond eye
- 6-20 inches long
- State Record: 8lbs
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- SAUGER
- Round, long body
- Black spots on dorsal fin
- White belly
- 8-23 inches long
- State Record: 6lbs 2.75oz
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- WALLEYE
- Round, long body
- Large, glassy eyes
- White belly, white tip on lower tail
- 10-30 inches long
- State Record: 17lbs 8oz
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- WHITE BASS
- Silver-white colored
- Black horizontal stripes
- 6-16 inches long
- State Record: 4lbs 2.4oz
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- COMMON CARP
- Pale gold colored
- Big scales
- Two whiskers on suckerlike mouth
- 12-36 inches long
- State Record: 55lbs 5oz
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- NORTHERN PIKE
- Sharp teeth
- Very long, rounded body
- White marks on black body
- 12-40 inches long
- State Record: 45lbs 12oz
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- MUSKELLUNGE
- Sharp teeth
- very long, rounded body
- Black bars on light body
- 12-45 inches long
- State Record: 54lbs
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- BOWFIN
- Long, slender body
- Long dorsal fin
- 8-25 inches long
- State Record: 10lbs 15oz
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Credits: Northern Pike and Muskellunge - Iowa DNR, All others - Duane Raver, USFWS
