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Table 4

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Table 4 : Number of Fish Caught by Species in the Great Lakes Fishery - Nonresident Non-Canadian 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 15,545 316,328 164,220 124,712 259,058 6,116 885,979 1,243,260 71.3
Pike 29,499 10,812 98,642 397,651 91,967 29,492 658,063 790,036 83.3
Perch 50,916 240,180 755,299 502,927 33,867 68,167 1,651,355 2,037,267 81.1
Muskellunge 61 - 48,274 3,078 185 192 51,790 53,621 96.6
Whitefish 236 10,874 61 1,574 632 393 13,770 17,138 80.3
Smallmouth Bass 18,103 554,957 374,590 475,739 73,750 68,862 1,566,001 1,651,968 94.8
Largemouth bass 5,468 22,430 99,443 88,222 - 29,128 244,690 290,477 84.2
Rainbow Trout 3,034 4,327 243 6,685 1,949 - 16,238 16,784 96.7
Brown Trout 816 3,672 1,521 - 2,098 - 8,107 8,168 99.3
Lake Trout 4,075 926 - 12,176 28,841 - 46,017 56,525 81.4
Brook Trout - 370 370 1,819 12,124 - 14,684 17,295 84.9
Splake - 740 740 525 1,402 - 3,407 3,407 100.0
Chinook 5,334 - 2,623 48,865 1,049 - 57,871 69,126 83.7
Coho 2,520 1,003 918 26,471 1,049 - 31,961 31,961 100.0
Sturgeon - - - 436 1,542 - 1,978 1,978 100.0
Catfish 787 41,412 19,432 16,927 243 1,457 80,258 91,621 87.6
Crappie - 12,562 26,391 20,534 - 1,184 60,672 80,849 75.0
Rock Bass 6,187 45,213 221,163 356,967 1,718 25,326 656,574 710,617 92.4
Sunfish 6,569 12,930 105,169 97,896 607 7,251 230,422 331,626 69.5
Smelt - 6,072 - - - - 6,072 6,133 99.0
Other fish 1,162 273,923 39,635 64,317 1,967 1,139 382,142 411,045 93.0
Total fish 150,311 1,558,730 1,958,733 2,247,520 514,049 238,708 6,668,051 7,920,901  
average per angler 25.7 50.2 98.6 39.0 49.5 39.7 53.6    

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

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