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Table 2

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Table 2 : Number of Fish Caught by Species in the Great Lakes Fishery - Resident Anglers
Species Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Total Fish Caught in Great Lakes Total Fish Caught in Ontario Percent in Great Lakes
Walleye 370,512 211,999 95,442 730,119 246,705 35,346 1,690,124 3,297,621 51.3
Pike 179,528 170,501 7,974 461,064 101,152 82,691 1,002,911 1,781,525 56.3
Perch 1,040,303 1,204,651 876,049 977,573 43,994 587,025 4,729,597 7,627,128 62.0
Muskellunge 2,585 139 10,744 5,753 - 1,817 21,038 107,008 19.7
Whitefish 17,843 16,573 5,271 15,915 354 1,697 57,653 137,777 41.8
Smallmouth Bass 364,842 386,222 147,415 796,649 24,109 126,912 1,846,149 3,871,314 47.7
Largemouth bass 489,558 153,811 67,863 288,409 - 48,787 1,048,429 2,252,116 46.6
Rainbow Trout 185,464 25,446 5,126 267,299 8,602 - 491,936 667,650 73.7
Brown Trout 41,108 4,665 359 10,692 215 - 57,040 98,806 57.7
Lake Trout 51,070 4,063 839 74,173 8,285 1,618 140,048 277,511 50.5
Brook Trout 3,033 667 - 70,248 38,035 - 111,983 268,467 41.7
Splake 298 3,033 - 24,453 8,121 - 35,906 53,245 67.4
Chinook 262,287 1,542 3,398 235,715 1,698 - 504,640 599,204 84.2
Coho 32,507 1,349 1,272 46,541 2,475 643 84,787 139,553 60.8
Sturgeon 3,691 - 311 - - - 4,002 5,947 67.3
Catfish 532,171 53,997 28,938 110,466 639 52,706 778,916 1,122,330 69.4
Crappie 110,143 100,208 60,165 175,545 - 6,239 452,300 1,167,540 38.7
Rock Bass 739,849 333,804 68,240 619,317 - 31,150 1,792,361 3,367,101 53.2
Sunfish 998,046 292,370 64,807 416,939 370 90,033 1,862,565 3,631,157 51.3
Smelt 667,795 560,283 73,747 163,388 194,951 - 1,660,163 1,926,248 86.2
Other fish 143,634 115,317 21,330 40,247 2,372 781 323,682 555,731 58.2
Total fish 6,236,268 3,640,637 1,539,292 5,530,507 682,077 1,067,446 18,696,227 32,954,979 56.7
average per angler 62.0 53.1 77.8 34.6 41.4 62.1 55.5    

* numbers of participants are those who fished anywhere on the Great Lakes system

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