Fish Names

[senecabow]

Buckinthewoodz post about Specks and BlueNorther’s reply got me to thinking.

What are some of your local names for the fish on the list?
I know here in Ohio the local names will change. In the northern part of the state we call Black Crappies – Specks. I have heard folks in southern Ohio call them Strawberry Bass.


Bullhead – Pout
Red ear Sunfish – Stump knocker
Muskellunge – Muskie
Northern Pike – Northern
Rainbow Trout – Steelhead
Small Mouth Bass – Smallie
Channel Cat – Channels
Flathead Cat – Flats
Largemouth Bass – Black Bass
Burbot – Ling Cod
Walleye – pickerel
Bowfin – Dog Fish
Hog Sucker – Box Head
Stone Cat – Mad tom
White Crappie – Paper mouth
Yellow Perch – Lake Perch
White Perch – Blue Nose
Bluegill – Gill
Hybrid Striped Bass –Wiper
Freshwater Drum – Sheep head
Carp - #!*&^#+
That’s about all I can think of. Feel free to add to the list.

[deerslayer11]

Bowfin – Dog Fish - MUDFISH

Yellow Perch – Lake Perch - EISENHOWER

I think its the flatheads that we call MUDCATS?

[Shorthair]

Bullhead – ain't got none
Red ear Sunfish – bream,redbreast
Muskellunge – ain't got none
Northern Pike – jack fish
Rainbow Trout – ain't got none
Small Mouth Bass – ain't got none
Channel Cat –channel cat
Flathead Cat – flathead
Largemouth Bass –bass or largemouth, usually just bass
Burbot – ain't got none
Walleye – ain't got none
Bowfin –Hoyt oops I mean mudfish
Hog Sucker –redhorse sucker
Stone Cat – ain't seen one
White Crappie – crappie-pronounced crap-ee ;D
Yellow Perch – yellow perch or government perch
White Perch – ain't got none
Bluegill –bluegill
Hybrid Striped Bass-hybrid
Freshwater Drum –freshwater drum or nasty MF'er
Carp - #!*&^#+ yeah that's what we call'em too!

[hunt4fun1]

We pretty much call em just like you do.......there are a few fish that we don't have here that you guys do have.

we call:

rainbows=rainbows ;D
flatheads=flatheads, yellow cats, apolusus
small mouth=smallies, bronze backs
white crappie=crappie
black crappie=crappie........and when we catch both, we usually pull one of both out and argue over which is which.
Blue gill=sunfish, perch, blue gill
Red ear=sunfish, perch
Hybrids=hybrids.....I heard em called coke bottles once.


Pretty much everything else, we either don't have here or call the same thing.

[hunt4fun1]

Oh yeah.......red ears and blue gills are most commonly refered to as bream. Pronounced; brim.

[sswpriz]

OK, this is a list from my part of Wisconsin....

Bullhead – garbage fish
Red ear Sunfish – sunfish
Muskellunge – Muskie or "skis"
Northern Pike – Northern or snakes if they are small ones
Rainbow Trout – bows
Small Mouth Bass – Smallie
Channel Cat – yellow cats
Flathead Cat – Flatheads
Largemouth Bass – Black Bass
Burbot – lawyer
Walleye – Eyes
Bowfin – Dog Fish
Hog Sucker – never heard of this one
Stone Cat – never heard of that one either
White Crappie – crappies, pronounced "croppy"
Yellow Perch – Perch
White Perch – Perch
Bluegill – Gill or bluegill
Hybrid Striped Bass –not many of those here
Freshwater Drum – Sheep head
Carp - #!*&^#+ or "hang on to the pole !"

Need to add a few here...
Chinook Salmon - Chins or Kings
Brown Trout - Browns
Coho Salmon - Cohos

[senecabow]

The stone cat or as we call them Mad Toms are used for bait.
We catch them in the upper end of rivers and creeks with stone bottoms. I have never caught one in a river that had a mud bottom.
They only get to be 8 or 10 inches long. The 4 to 8 inch size works the best on smallies.

We use them to catch Smallies and Black Bass. Every now and then a Muskie will take one.

As a rule I don't fish with mad toms when on muskie waters. Muskies take a tom very deep in their mouth, not a good thing on a fish that goes nuts when you hook them. No need to take the chance of killing them.

[hoythunter48]

Bullhead – BAIT or yellowbellys
Red ear Sunfish – BAIT
Muskellunge – Musky
Northern Pike – N/A
Rainbow Trout – Trout
Small Mouth Bass – Bronzeback
Channel Cat – Channel
Flathead Cat – shovelhead, mudcat, flathead,
Largemouth Bass – largemouth
Burbot – N/A
Walleye – 'eye
Bowfin – bowfin
Hog Sucker – sucker
Stone Cat – Mad tom
White Crappie – Crappie
Yellow Perch – N/A
White Perch - N/A
Bluegill – BAIT
Hybrid Striped Bass – Wiper, hyrbid or lie and call them stripers like everyone i know who doesnt know the difference
Freshwater Drum – Perch or drum
Carp - SH17eater
Gar - hook robber

sswpriz i must ask how did channels get the nickname of yellowcats in your area?

[hunt4fun1]

That's a good question....I've heard flats called that before but not channels.

[sswpriz]

sswpriz i must ask how did channels get the nickname of yellowcats in your area?

I don't know, we always called the yellow cats the channel cats and vice versa...I think it just sorta depends on how my parents called them when i was growing up catching these things.