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1.
  Sport Fish of Florida    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a general knowledge quiz about the various sportfish of Florida.
Average, 10 Qns, Poto66, Aug 28 19
Average
Poto66
Aug 28 19
720 plays
2.
  Lobster Fishing in Maine    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz should be a cinch if you have been around lobster fishing in Maine. If not, you can read the interesting info and pass off as a local on your next trip to Vacationland.
Tough, 10 Qns, fifthavenue91, Mar 20 15
Tough
fifthavenue91
477 plays
3.
  Midwestern Ice Fishing    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
General ice fishing questions from the midwest.
Average, 10 Qns, Rapid_t, Aug 18 17
Average
Rapid_t
631 plays
4.
  Fishing in the Midwest    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about characteristics of freshwater fish in the Midwest.
Tough, 10 Qns, ronmanthe, Sep 02 11
Tough
ronmanthe
436 plays
5.
  Ice Fishing in New England    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ice fishing may not be angling, but it is ice cold fun. This quiz tests your knowlege of the sport of ice fishing in the Northeastern Region of the United States. Not a very hard quiz if you fish New England.
Difficult, 10 Qns, bsc06090, Oct 03 21
Difficult
bsc06090
Oct 03 21
476 plays
trivia question Quick Question
What is a rig set inside a hole in the ice with a small flag and a spool of line called?

From Quiz "Ice Fishing in New England"




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Fishing in the USA Trivia Questions
1. What fish requires the most amount of dissolved oxygen in the water during the summer time?

From Quiz Fishing in the Midwest

Answer: Northern Pike

The Northern Pike requires 6.0 mg/L of dissolved oxygen to survive during the summer.

2. A lobster can be termed as a "hard shell" or a "soft shell". What would a Maine lobsterman refer to a "soft shell" as?

From Quiz Lobster Fishing in Maine

Answer: Shedder

A soft shell lobster has a soft shell because it has recently molted and shed its old harder shell. Many of the soft shell lobsters caught had been thrown back as a hard shell lobster because they were too small under Maine law to keep. When they shed their old shell, they grew enough to be kept or to be "counters" as you would say on the coast.

3. How many varieties of snook are found in Florida waters?

From Quiz Sport Fish of Florida

Answer: 4

One of the most popular game fish in Florida, snook are also a delicacy that is not available in restaurants. It is illegal to sell them for commercial use. The 4 varieties are common, fat, tarpon, and swordspine.

4. What trout is native to some Midwestern waters?

From Quiz Fishing in the Midwest

Answer: Brook Trout

The Brook Trout is native to streams that are cold enough and have good water quality. The Brown Trout was brought to the United States in the 1800s from Europe. The Rainbow Trout is native to the West Coast.

5. Where does the bait go in a lobster trap?

From Quiz Lobster Fishing in Maine

Answer: The Pocket

Most fishermen use salted cut herring as bait. It is placed in a small "pocket" with a draw string that holds it suspended in the trap. The old school lobstermen would hand knit these out of twine, but most now use manufactured "shrimp mesh" for their pockets.

6. Which type of hook is widely used for tip-up fishing (except in Minnesota where it is illegal)?

From Quiz Midwestern Ice Fishing

Answer: treble hook

Treble hooks have three points on them to aid in hooking the fish. They are only legal in Minnesota if they are part of an artificial lure.

7. Ice should not be considered safe to walk on until it has reached what depth?

From Quiz Ice Fishing in New England

Answer: four inches

One inch of ice can support a person, but the rule of thumb for safety is three inches to walk on. As little as six inches will support a truck, but the ice will pop and crack loudly under the weight.

8. Fish feed depending on movement, sight, and smell. What fish feeds mainly depending on smell?

From Quiz Fishing in the Midwest

Answer: Channel Catfish

Channel Catfish, as well as other fish in the catfish family feed based on what they smell with their barbells. This is why they can be fished anytime of the day or night.

9. Where is the place where the lobster is usually caught inside the lobster trap?

From Quiz Lobster Fishing in Maine

Answer: The Bedroom

A lobster enters a trap through a funnel, climbs on a piece of knit twine called "heading" in order to get at the "pocket," which contains the bait. The section of the trap called the "kitchen" is where the "pocket" is hung. Think of the kitchen of the trap as where the lobster would dine. When the lobster leaves the "kitchen", he continues on his way on the heading, until he falls into the large part of the lobster trap called the "bedroom" where he waits to be taken by the lobsterman. The bedroom is sometimes also called the "parlor". If the lobster turns around and leaves the "kitchen" the same way he came in, he can leave the trap at will. More often than not, they go forward to the "bedroom".

10. When tip-up fishing, you would most likely use a steel leader for which species?

From Quiz Midwestern Ice Fishing

Answer: Northern Pike

Northern Pike have sharp teeth and will cut your line if you don't use a steel leader. Walleye have teeth too, but you are better off using a mono or superline leader that is less visible.

11. What do New Englanders call the building that they set on the ice and fish from?

From Quiz Ice Fishing in New England

Answer: Ice shanty

The ice fishing shanty is called a lot of things in other parts of the country, but in the Northeast it is mostly called a shanty.

12. What would you call a lobster that only has one claw?

From Quiz Lobster Fishing in Maine

Answer: Cull

You would call this a cull. Lobster will "shoot" off their claws when in danger or under stress, but will regenerate new ones.

13. Paddlefish are a primitive fish. Rules are very strict on these fish and they can only be taken by snagging. What is the daily bag limit for paddlefish on the Mississippi River?

From Quiz Fishing in the Midwest

Answer: 2

The daily bag is 2 and the possession limit is 4. Paddlefish can only be snagged during the scheduled Spring season each year, and only 500 yards below the navigational dams.

14. Which city is known as the "sailfish capital of the world"?

From Quiz Sport Fish of Florida

Answer: Stuart

Stuart is located about 45 minutes north of West Palm Beach. During the winter months, hundreds of sailfish are caught and released during annual tournaments that attract anglers from all over the world.

15. What is a rig set inside a hole in the ice with a small flag and a spool of line called?

From Quiz Ice Fishing in New England

Answer: tip-up

A tip-up is a common method for fishing through the ice for larger fish like lake trout. A spool of line, mounted on a wood or plastic frame, goes down through the ice and when a fish bites the bait it triggers a flag to spring up and alert the fisherman of the strike.

16. What fish has the following nicknames of Sheepshead, White Perch, Gou, Silver Bass, and Grunter?

From Quiz Fishing in the Midwest

Answer: Freshwater Drum

Freshwater Drum are called many different things because they are caught a lot and are common to many fisherman. If you ever fish a nightcrawler on the bottom in a lot of the Midwest's rivers and streams, you may have a nickname of your own.

17. In Maine, there is a lobster size limit to help preserve lobster stock. No lobster is legal to keep if its torso length is less than 3 1/4" long. What is the maximum length of a lobster's torso that can legally be kept in Maine?

From Quiz Lobster Fishing in Maine

Answer: 5 inches

Maine has a "slot" limit on lobster size. Measured from the lobster's eye socket to the end of its torso shell, the length must be greater than 3 1/4" and less than 5". The smaller lobsters are released to grow until they are larger, resulting in a higher weight catch for the same volume. Larger lobsters are released as it is thought that they can produce more offspring than a smaller lobster.

18. What rig is most commonly used to catch smelt?

From Quiz Ice Fishing in New England

Answer: A jig with two small hooks baited with smelt

Smelt are a small bait fish found in northern lakes in America. They eat meat and are cannibals; they are commonly caught with pieces of smelt.

19. What are live smelt most often used as bait to catch?

From Quiz Ice Fishing in New England

Answer: trout and salmon

Live smelt are used to catch lakers and landlocks, though other species like perch may be caught with them.

20. Which fish has no daily bag limit in the Midwest?

From Quiz Fishing in the Midwest

Answer: Black Bullhead

Black Bullhead are one of the most common fish in Midwestern waters.

21. Some lobstermen "haul" lobster traps by hand, but most use a hydraulic winch like device to raise the trap from the water. What do you call this device?

From Quiz Lobster Fishing in Maine

Answer: Pot Hauler

"Pot" is another name for a lobster trap, and the winch used to wind the rope in and pull the trap from the bottom of the ocean to the lobster boat is called a "pot hauler". Pot haulers can also be electric for use in smaller lobster boats without an engine capable of driving the hydraulic pump.

22. What is the largest freshwater fish in the Midwest?

From Quiz Fishing in the Midwest

Answer: Lake Sturgeon

Lake Sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in the Midwest followed by the Blue Catfish.

23. How can you identify a fish is a walleye?

From Quiz Fishing in the Midwest

Answer: The caudal fin has a white tip

Walleye and Sauger are very closely related, and sometimes can only be told apart by the white tip the Walleye has.

24. A lobsterman is setting a lobster trap and you are in the boat with him. He tells you to mind the "pot warp". What is he telling you?

From Quiz Lobster Fishing in Maine

Answer: Don't get your leg or foot caught up in the rope

"Pot Warp" is the line that connects the lobster trap to the buoy marking the location of the trap on surface of the water. When the warp runs overboard if you get your leg tangled in it, it can wash you over the side.

25. What is minimum distance from shore needed to successfully catch sailfish?

From Quiz Sport Fish of Florida

Answer: There is none. They have been caught from fishing piers before

Along the east coast of Florida, there have been several documented accounts of sailfish caught from fishing piers with a water depth of under 30 feet.

26. What is usually used as bait on a tip-up?

From Quiz Midwestern Ice Fishing

Answer: live minnow

Game fish are attracted to the movement of a live minnow.

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