• Smallmouth bass"Penfishingrods.com" is Copyrighted by Flickr user: Penfishingrods.com (Michael Di Pippo) under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
  
  

Bass

• Largemouth bass is quite a catch."Penfishingrods.com" is Copyrighted by Flickr user: Penfishingrods.com (Michael Di Pippo) under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
  
  Largemouth and smallmouth bass have distinct differences. The largemouth has a green horizontal stripe running down both sides of its body while the smallmouth is a bronze color. The upper jaw on a largemouth extends past its eye while on a smallmouth the upper jaw does not.
  
  

Channel Catfish

• The channel catfish, a favorite game fish in many parts of the South, has a forked tail, is gray to brown and has an anal fin with from 24 to 29 separate sections or rays.
  
  

Crappie

• Crappies are a panfish that come in two separate species in the United States. The black crappie has silvery sides covered with black spots while the white crappie is much paler with its black spots in vertical rows on its sides.
  
  

Trout

• Rainbow trout are sometimes hard to identify."Trout in net" is Copyrighted by Flickr user: bugeaters (Bugeater) under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
  
  Trout are among the hardest game fish to catch and recognize properly. The brook trout has reddish-hued fins tripped with white while the rainbow trout has a pinkish stripe along its side. Brown trout are brownish with spots all over their body.
  
  

Northern Pike

• Beware of the northern pike."Hampus and his pike" is Copyrighted by Flickr user: Per Ola Wiberg (Powi) (Per Ola Wiberg) under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
  
  The northern pike is an aggressive predator that is long and tubular with a single fin on top, positioned down by its tail. It has bean-shaped spots on an olive body and sharp teeth that can easily injure an unsuspecting angler.