Fish
The lake is home to many species of fish, including Rainbow trout, Lake trout, Perch, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, Whitefish, Walleye, Northern Pike and Kokanee. Lake Pend Oreille is also the home of the 37 pound state record Kamloops rainbow trout caught by Wes Hamlet in 1947.
- Idaho Fish and Game
- Lake Pend Oreille Idaho Club volunteer, nonprofit interested in Kokanee survival
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Famous quotes containing the word fish:
“Little fish swam by his nose
and he noted them and touched their slime.
Plankton came and he held them in his palm
like God’s littlest light bulbs.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“The fish in neighboring streams and lakes are so voracious, it is said, that fishermen have to stand out of sight behind trees while baiting their hooks.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimp eggs.”
—Chinese proverb.