Ohio fishing guide: species & cities
Explore all Ohio species evidence
94 species with Ohio source associations
State source evidence does not establish city-level presence, access or legal targeting.
- American Eel — Anguilla rostrata · freshwater
- Banded Darter — Etheostoma zonale · freshwater
- Black Bullhead — Ameiurus melas · freshwater
- Black Crappie — Pomoxis nigromaculatus · freshwater
- Blackside Darter — Percina maculata · freshwater
- Blackstripe Topminnow — Fundulus notatus · freshwater
- Blue Catfish — Ictalurus furcatus · freshwater
- Bluebreast Darter — Etheostoma camurum · freshwater
- Bluegill — Lepomis macrochirus · freshwater
- Bluntnose Minnow — Pimephales notatus · freshwater
- Bowfin — Amia calva · freshwater
- Brindled Madtom — Noturus miurus · freshwater
- Brook Silverside — Labidesthes sicculus · freshwater
- Brook Stickleback — Culaea inconstans · freshwater
- Brook Trout — Salvelinus fontinalis · freshwater
- Brown Bullhead — Ameiurus nebulosus · freshwater
- Brown Trout — Salmo trutta · freshwater
- Central Mudminnow — Umbra limi · freshwater
- Central Stoneroller — Campostoma anomalum · freshwater
- Channel Catfish — Ictalurus punctatus · freshwater
- Common Carp — Cyprinus carpio · freshwater
- Creek Chub — Semotilus atromaculatus · freshwater
- Dusky Darter — Percina sciera · freshwater
- Eastern Sand Darter — Ammocrypta pellucida · freshwater
- Fantail Darter — Etheostoma flabellare · freshwater
- Flathead Catfish — Pylodictis olivaris · freshwater
- Freshwater Drum — Aplodinotus grunniens · freshwater
- Gizzard Shad — Dorosoma cepedianum · freshwater
- Golden Redhorse — Moxostoma erythrurum · freshwater
- Golden Shiner — Notemigonus crysoleucas · freshwater
- Green Sunfish — Lepomis cyanellus · freshwater
- Greenside Darter — Etheostoma blennioides · freshwater
- Hornyhead Chub — Nocomis biguttatus · freshwater
- Hybrid Striped Bass — Morone saxatilis x Morone chrysops · freshwater
- Johnny Darter — Etheostoma nigrum · freshwater
- Lake Sturgeon — Acipenser fulvescens · freshwater
- Largemouth Bass — Micropterus salmoides · freshwater
- Least Brook Lamprey — Lampetra aepyptera · freshwater
- Logperch — Percina caprodes · freshwater
- Longear Sunfish — Lepomis megalotis · freshwater
- Longnose Dace — Rhinichthys cataractae · freshwater
- Longnose Gar — Lepisosteus osseus · freshwater
- Mottled Sculpin — Cottus bairdii · freshwater
- Mountain Madtom — Noturus eleutherus · freshwater
- Muskellunge — Esox masquinongy · freshwater
- Northern Hog Sucker — Hypentelium nigricans · freshwater
- Northern Pike — Esox lucius · freshwater
- Orangespotted Sunfish — Lepomis humilis · freshwater
- Orangethroat Darter — Etheostoma spectabile · freshwater
- Paddlefish — Polyodon spathula · freshwater
- Popeye Shiner — Notropis ariommus · freshwater
- Pumpkinseed — Lepomis gibbosus · freshwater
- Quillback — Carpiodes cyprinus · freshwater
- Rainbow Darter — Etheostoma caeruleum · freshwater
- Rainbow Trout — Oncorhynchus mykiss · freshwater
- Redear Sunfish — Lepomis microlophus · freshwater
- Redfin Pickerel — Esox americanus · freshwater
- Redfin Shiner — Lythrurus umbratilis · freshwater
- Redside Dace — Clinostomus elongatus · freshwater
- River Redhorse — Moxostoma carinatum · freshwater
- Rock Bass — Ambloplites rupestris · freshwater
- Sand Shiner — Notropis stramineus · freshwater
- Sauger — Sander canadensis · freshwater
- Saugeye — Sander vitreus x Sander canadensis · freshwater
- Scarlet Shiner — Lythrurus fasciolaris · freshwater
- Shovelnose Sturgeon — Scaphirhynchus platorynchus · freshwater
- Silverjaw Minnow — Notropis buccatus · freshwater
- Slenderhead Darter — Percina phoxocephala · freshwater
- Smallmouth Bass — Micropterus dolomieu · freshwater
- Smallmouth Redhorse — Moxostoma breviceps · freshwater
- Southern Redbelly Dace — Chrosomus erythrogaster · freshwater
- Spotfin Shiner — Cyprinella spiloptera · freshwater
- Spotted Bass — Micropterus punctulatus · freshwater
- Spotted Darter — Etheostoma maculatum · freshwater
- Stonecat — Noturus flavus · freshwater
- Streamline Chub — Erimystax dissimilis · freshwater
- Striped Bass — Morone saxatilis · freshwater
- Striped Shiner — Luxilus chrysocephalus · freshwater
- Suckermouth Minnow — Phenacobius mirabilis · freshwater
- Tadpole Madtom — Noturus gyrinus · freshwater
- Tippecanoe Darter — Etheostoma tippecanoe · freshwater
- Tonguetied Minnow — Exoglossum laurae · freshwater
- Trout-perch — Percopsis omiscomaycus · freshwater
- Variegate Darter — Etheostoma variatum · freshwater
- Walleye — Sander vitreus · freshwater
- Warmouth — Lepomis gulosus · freshwater
- Western Blacknose Dace — Rhinichthys obtusus · freshwater
- Western Creek Chubsucker — Erimyzon claviformis · freshwater
- White Bass — Morone chrysops · freshwater
- White Crappie — Pomoxis annularis · freshwater
- White Perch — Morone americana · freshwater
- White Sucker — Catostomus commersonii · freshwater
- Yellow Bullhead — Ameiurus natalis · freshwater
- Yellow Perch — Perca flavescens · freshwater
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City starting points
- Akron, OH — geographic discovery
- Cincinnati, OH — geographic discovery
- Cleveland, OH — geographic discovery
- Columbus, OH — geographic discovery
- Dayton, OH — geographic discovery
- Green, OH — geographic discovery
- Mansfield, OH — geographic discovery
- Oregon, OH — geographic discovery
- Pataskala, OH — geographic discovery
- Toledo, OH — geographic discovery
- Trotwood, OH — geographic discovery
- Youngstown, OH — geographic discovery
Local directories
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