Fishing in the USA Trivia

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

From Quiz Fishing in the Midwest

Answer: Black Bullhead

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

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.

From Quiz Fishing in the Midwest

Answer: Lake Sturgeon

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

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.

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.

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.

From Quiz Midwestern Ice Fishing

Answer: live minnow

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

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