Sport fish
Fish that anglers go after for the fight, from snakeheads in rivers to sailfish at sea. Many anglers release what they catch.
29 fish
SportAtlantic blue marlin
Makaira nigricans
Sizeup to 427 cm
Saltwater
Sport · FoodAtlantic salmon
Salmo salar
Sizeup to 150 cm
FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater
SportAtlantic tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Sizeup to 243.8 cm
FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater
Sport · FoodBarramundi
Lates calcarifer
Sizeup to 200 cm
FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater6 states
SportBluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
Sizeup to 41 cm
Freshwater
Sport · FoodBrown-marbled grouper
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Sizeup to 120 cm
Saltwater2 states
SportButterfly peacock bass
Cichla ocellaris
Sizeup to 70 cm
Freshwater2 states
Sport · FoodCobia
Rachycentron canadum
Sizeup to 200 cm
SaltwaterBrackish3 states
SportCommon carp
Cyprinus carpio
Sizeup to 122 cm
Freshwater2 states
Sport · FoodGiant grouper
Epinephelus lanceolatus
Sizeup to 270 cm
SaltwaterBrackish
Sport · FoodGiant snakehead
Channa micropeltes
Sizeup to 100 cm
Freshwater3 states
SportGiant trevally
Caranx ignobilis
Sizeup to 180 cm
Saltwater3 states
Sport · FoodHampala barb
Hampala macrolepidota
Sizeup to 70 cm
Freshwater7 states
Sport · FoodHound needlefish
Tylosurus crocodilus
Sizeup to 150 cm
Saltwater1 state
SportIndo-Pacific sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
Sizeup to 350 cm
Saltwater1 state
Sport · FoodJohn's snapper
Lutjanus johnii
Sizeup to 97 cm
BrackishSaltwater6 states
SportLargemouth bass
Micropterus nigricans
Sizeup to 97 cm
Freshwater
SportMahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus
Sizeup to 213.4 cm
Saltwater1 state
Sport · FoodMalaysian mahseer
Tor tambroides
Sizeup to 100 cm
Freshwater6 states
Sport · FoodMangrove jack
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Sizeup to 150 cm
FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater3 states
Sport · FoodNarrow-barred Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus commerson
Sizeup to 240 cm
Saltwater5 states
SportNorthern pike
Esox lucius
Sizeup to 133 cm
Freshwater
Food · SportPirapitinga
Piaractus brachypomus
Sizeup to 85 cm
Freshwater2 states
SportRainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Sizeup to 114.3 cm
FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater
SportRed drum
Sciaenops ocellatus
Sizeup to 154.9 cm
BrackishSaltwater
Sport · FoodStriped snakehead
Channa striata
Sizeup to 90 cm
Freshwater11 states
Sport · FoodTalang queenfish
Scomberoides commersonnianus
Sizeup to 120 cm
Saltwater9 states
SportWalleye
Sander vitreus
Sizeup to 106.7 cm
Freshwater
SportYellowfin tuna
Thunnus albacares
Sizeup to 183 cm
Saltwater