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Table 5

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Table 5 : Number of Fish Caught by Species in the Great Lakes Fishery - All 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 387,498 528,326 260,898 856,375 507,007 41,891 2,581,995 4,547,443 56.8
Pike 209,661 181,313 106,616 860,421 193,432 114,073 1,665,515 2,576,772 64.6
Perch 1,099,255 1,444,831 1,631,348 1,499,559 78,479 709,122 6,462,593 9,746,156 66.3
Muskellunge 2,646 139 59,017 8,831 185 2,248 73,067 161,316 45.3
Whitefish 18,255 27,447 5,332 17,489 986 2,090 71,599 155,091 46.2
Smallmouth Bass 388,879 941,179 522,931 1,274,111 98,322 210,118 3,435,540 5,547,976 61.9
Largemouth bass 495,915 176,241 167,306 379,020 - 80,853 1,299,336 2,549,256 51.0
Rainbow Trout 193,852 29,773 5,369 274,198 10,551 - 513,742 690,003 74.5
Brown Trout 42,148 8,336 1,880 10,692 2,313 - 65,370 107,197 61.0
Lake Trout 57,087 4,988 839 86,349 37,126 1,618 188,008 335,979 56.0
Brook Trout 3,033 1,037 370 72,068 50,159 - 126,667 285,762 44.3
Splake 298 3,774 740 24,978 9,523 - 39,313 56,652 69.4
Chinook 274,609 1,542 6,020 284,580 2,747 - 569,498 675,317 84.3
Coho 36,368 3,693 2,189 73,012 3,524 643 119,429 174,196 68.6
Sturgeon 3,691 - 311 436 1,542 - 5,980 7,926 75.5
Catfish 533,884 95,408 48,371 127,393 882 54,321 860,259 1,215,036 70.8
Crappie 110,143 112,770 86,556 199,167 - 9,308 517,944 1,253,362 41.3
Rock Bass 749,204 379,017 289,403 981,963 1,718 60,554 2,461,859 4,095,492 60.1
Sunfish 1,009,919 305,300 169,976 520,198 977 102,147 2,108,517 3,978,493 53.0
Smelt 667,795 566,355 73,747 163,388 194,951 - 1,666,235 1,932,381 86.2
Other fish 145,414 389,240 60,965 104,788 4,339 2,143 706,888 969,608 72.9
Total fish 6,429,554 5,200,708 3,500,187 7,819,013 1,198,763 1,391,130 25,539,355 41,061,411 62.2
average per angler 57.9 52.1 87.6 35.7 43.9 55.0 54.4    

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

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