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Fish Water Temperature Tolerance Chart

Different fish are most active in their ideal water temerature ranges. (Temperatures listed in farenheight)

Name ___Lower-Ideal-Upper

Freshwater Gamefish

American Shad _______* - 66 - 86
Atlantic Salmon_______* - 62 - *
Atlantic Sturgeon_____56 - 66 - 70
Black Crappie________60 - 70 - 75
Bloater_____________43 - * - *
Bluegill_____________58 - 69 - 75
Brook Trout__________44 - 58 - 70
Brown Bullhead_______ * - 74 - *
Brown Trout_______44 - 55to65 - 75
Buffalo Species______81 - * - *
Burbot_____________ * - 52 - *
Carp_______________75 - 84 - 88
Chain Pickerel_______60 - 66 - 74
Channel Catfish______55 - 82 - 89
Chinook Salmon______44 - 54 - 60
Chun Salmon________ * - 57 - *
Cisco______________* - 52to55 - *
Coho Salmon________44 - 54 - 60
Flathead fish________81 - * - 90
Freshwater Drum_____* - 74 - *
Grass Pickerel________* - 78 - *
Grayling_____________ * - * - 64
Green Sunfish________73 - 87 - 91
Goldeye____________72 - * - 83
Kamloops Trout____46 - 47to54 - *
Kokanfe____________* - 52to55 - *
Lake Trout_________42 - 50to59 - *
Lake Whitefish______43 - 51 - *
LL Atlantic Salmon___* - 50to58 - *
Largemouth Bass__50 - 65to75 - 85
Longnose Gar________* - 92 - *
Mooneye____________72 - * - *
Muskellunge_________55 - 63 - 72
Northern Pike________56 - 63 - 74
Pink Salmon_________ * - 49 - *
Pumpkin Seed_______ * - 82 - *
Rainbow Trout_______44 - 61 - 75
Redhorse Suckers____72 - * - *
Rock Bass__________ * - 70 - *
Round Whitefish_____ * - 63 - *
Sauger_____________55 - 67 - 74
Shortnose Gar_______81 - * - *
Smallmouth Bass__60 - 65to68 - 73
Sockeye Salmon_______ * - 55 - *
Spotted Bass_________71 - 75 - 80
Steelhead trout____38 - 48to52 - *
Sunfishes___________50 - 58 - 68
Tench______________* - * - 79
Walleye_____________50 - 67 - 76
White Bass__________62 - 70 - 78
White Crappie________ * - 61 - *
White Perch__________ * - 75 - *
White Sucker_________ * - 72 - *
Yellow Bass__________ * - 81 - *
Yellow Bullhead_______ * - 83 - *
Yellow Perch_________ 58 - 68 - 74

Fresh Water Baitfish

Alewife_____________48 - 54 - 72
Bitterling___________ * - 77 - *
Bluehead Chub______ 50 - 59 - 63
Bluntnose Minnow____70 - 84 - 88
Desert Pupfish_______71 - * - 78
Emerald Shiner_______ * - 61 - *
Fathead Minnow______ 77 - 84 -90
Fourhorn Sculpin______39 - * - *
Gizzard Shad__________ * - 69 - *
Golden Shiner_________ * - 70 - *
Goldfish______________ * - 77 - *
Guppy_______________* - 84 - *
Lake Chub__________ * - 48to52 - *
Longjaw Mudsucker___48 - 72 - *
Moapa Dace_________ * - 85 - *
Mosquito fish________ * - 81 - 85
Mottled Sculpin______* - 48to52 - *
Mozambique Mouthbrooder*-83-92
9 spine Stickleback___*-48to52-*
Quillback___________ * - 72 - *
Rainbow Smelt_______ 43 - 50 - 57
River Capsucker______ 79 - * - 94
Rosyface Shiner______70 - 80 - 88
Slimy Sculpin________39 - * - 43
Spotfin Shiner________79 - 85 - 95
Spottail Shiner_______ * - 52 - *
Stonecat____________ * - 59 - *
Stoneroller___________75 - 84 - 91
Trout Perch___________ 50 - * - *
White River Killfish_____ * - 85 - *

 

Salt Water Game Fish

Albacore____________59 - 64 - *
Aberjack____________60 - 65 - 72
Atlantic Bonito_______60 - 64 - 80
Atlantic Cod______31 - 44to49 - 59
Atlantic Croaker______* - * - 100
Atlantic Mackerel_____* - 46 - *
Barracuda___________60 - 64 - 80
Bigeye Tuna__________62 - 64 - 68
Blackfin Tuna_________70 - 74 - 82
Black Marlin_____68 - 75to79 - 87
Bluefin Tuna__________50 - 68 - 78
Bluefish_____________50 - 68 - 84
Blue Marlin___________70 - 78 - 88
Bonefish_____________60 - 75 - 93
Dolphin fish________70 - 75to82 - *
Fluke (Summer Flounder)56-66-72
Haddock____________36 - 47 - 52
Horn Shark__________ * - 75 - *
Jack Crevall_________70 - * - *
Kelp Bass___________62 - 65 - 72
King Mackerel________70 - * - *
Opaleye____________ * - 79 - 86
Permit_____________ 65 - 72 - 92
Pollack_____________ * - 50 - 60
Pompano___________ * - 77 - *
Red Drum___________ 52 - 71 - 90
Red Snapper________ 50 - 57 - 62
Saltfish____________ 70 - 79 - 82
Sand Seatrout_______ 90 - 95 - 104
Sea Catfish__________ * - * - 99
Skipjack Tuna________65 - 73 - 82
Snook_________60 - 70to75 - 90
Spotted Seatrout_____48 - 72 - 81
Striped Bass_________54 - 60 - 77
Striped Marlin________ 61 - 70 - 80
Swordfish___________ 50 - 58 - 68
Tarpon______________74 - 76 - 100
Tautog______________60 - 70 - 76
Weakfish__________* - 55to65 - 78
White Marlin______65 - 79to80 - *
White Seabass________58 - 68 - 74
Winter Flounder____35 - 48to52 - 64
Yellowfin Tuna________64 - 72 - 80
Yellowtail____________60 - 65 - 70

Saltwater Baitfish

Atlantic Silverside_____ * - * - 90
Atlantic Threadfin_____ * - * - 92
Bay Anchovy_________ * - 82 - 92
California Grunion_____ 68 - 77 - 93
Gulf Grunion_________68 - 89 - 98
Gulf Menhaden_______ * - * - 86
Pacific Silversides_____72 - 77 - 82
Rough Silversides_____ * - * - 91
Skip Jack Herring______72 - * - 84
Spot________________ * - * - 99
Tidewater Silverside____* -* -93

 


Striper bait Blue
$4.00

Striper fly Orange
$4.00

Striper Fly Red
$4.00

Alewife Striper Fly
Alewife $5.50