The species listed in Table 500.1 below, shall be eligible for the trophy fish program if they meet the minimum qualifying weights for fish kept or minimum lengths for fish caught and released:

Table 500.1

Species Name

Scientific Name

Weight

Inches

FRESHWATER FISH

Atlantic salmon, Lake

Salmo salar

5 lbs.

24"

Black crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

2 lbs.

14"

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

l lb.

10"

Brook trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

2 lbs.

16"

Brown bullhead

Ameiurus nebulosus

2 lbs.

14"

Brown trout

Salmo trutta

5 lbs.

25"

Carp, Common

Cyprinus carpio

20 lbs.

30”

Chain pickerel

Esox niger

4 lbs.

24"

Channel catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

6 lbs.

24”

Cusk (Burbot)

Lota lota

6 lbs.

28”

Fallfish

Semotilus corporalis

2 lbs.

15”

Lake trout

Salvelinus namaycush

10 lbs.

30"

Lake whitefish

Coregonus clupeaformis

4 lbs.

20"

Largemouth bass

Micropterus salmoides

5 lbs.

20"

Northern pike

Esox lucius

15 lbs.

38"

Pumpkinseed

Lepomis gibbosus

10 oz.

8”

Rainbow trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

4 lbs.

20"

Rock bass

Ambloplites rupestris

1 lb.

10”

Smallmouth bass

Micropterus dolomieui

4 lbs.

19"

Walleye

Sander vitreus

6 lbs.

26"

White catfish

Ameiurus catus

4 lbs.

18”

White perch

Morone americana

2.5 lbs.

15”

Yellow perch

Perca flavescens

1.5 lbs.

14"

SALTWATER FISH

Atlantic mackerel

Scomber scombrus

3 lbs.

17"

Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix

15 lbs.

34"

Cod

Gadus morhua

40 lbs.

44"

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

10 lbs.

30"

Pollock

Pollachius virens

30 lbs.

40"

Striped bass

Morone saxatilis

40 lbs.

45”

Winter flounder

Pseudopleuronectes americanus

2 lbs.

17"

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