Fish at the Outdoor Discovery Center Nature Preserve

This guide includes the most common fish species you may catch at the ODC Nature Preserve.

There are also hybrid sunfishes in these ponds. These are crosses of (most commonly) Bluegill x Green Sunfish or Pumpkinseed Sunfish x Green Sunfish. Please indicate the most similar sunfish ...more ↓

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Pumpkinseed Sunfish ¹
Lepomis gibbosus

Bluegill ²
Lepomis macrochirus

green sunfish ³
Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass ³
Micropterus salmoides

Smallmouth Bass ²
Micropterus dolomieu

Channel Catfish ¹
Ictalurus punctatus

Brown Bullhead Catfish ³
Ameiurus nebulosus

Golden shiner ⁴
Notemigonus crysoleucas

Yellow Bullhead ⁵
Ameiurus natalis

Black Bullhead ⁶
Ameiurus melas

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Fish at the Outdoor Discovery Center Nature Preserve

Pumpkinseed Sunfish 1 Lepomis gibbosus

Bluegill 2 Lepomis macrochirus

green sunfish 3 Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass 3 Micropterus salmoides

Smallmouth Bass 2 Micropterus dolomieu

Channel Catfish 1 Ictalurus punctatus

Brown Bullhead Catfish 3 Ameiurus nebulosus

Golden shiner 4 Notemigonus crysoleucas

Yellow Bullhead 5 Ameiurus natalis

Black Bullhead 6 Ameiurus melas