Prefered Temperature Chart | |||||||||||
Species |
Lower
Optimn Avoidance |
Upper Avoidance Specie* |
Lower
Optimn Avoidance |
Upper Avoidance Species |
Lower
Optimn Avoidance |
Upper Avoidance Species |
Lower
Optimn Avoidance |
Upper Avoidance | |||
freshwater gamefish |
Rainbow Trout |
44° 61° |
75° |
Fluke or Summer |
|
|
Fathead Minnow |
77° 84° |
90° . | ||
American Shad |
66° |
86° |
Redhorse Suckers |
72° |
|
Flounder |
56° 66° |
72° |
Fourhorn Sculpin |
39° |
|
Atlantic Salmon |
62° |
|
„ Rock Bass |
70° |
|
Haddock . |
36° 47° |
52° |
Gizzard Shad |
69° |
|
Atlantic Strugeon |
56° 66° |
70° |
Round Whitefish |
6JW |
|
Horn Shark |
75° |
|
Golden Shiner |
70° |
|
Black Grapple |
60° 70° |
75° |
Sauger |
55° 67° |
74° |
Jack Crevail |
70° |
|
Goldfish |
77° |
|
Bloater |
43° |
|
Shortnose Gar |
81° |
|
Kelp Bass |
62° 65° |
72° |
Guppy |
84° |
|
Bluegill |
58° 69° |
75° |
Smallmouth Bass |
60° 65°-68 |
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King Mackerel |
70° |
|
Lake Chub |
48°-52° | |
Brook Trout |
44° 58° |
70° |
Sockeye Salmon |
55° |
|
Opaleye |
79° |
86° |
Longjaw Mudsucker 48° 72° | ||
Brown Bullhead |
74° |
|
Spotted Bass |
71° 75° |
80° |
Permit |
6£,° 72° |
92° |
Moapa Dace |
85° |
• |
Brown Trout |
44° 56°-65° 75° |
. Steelhead Trout |
38° 48°-52° |
Pollack |
50° |
60° |
Mosquitofish |
81° |
85° | ||
Buffalo Species |
81° |
|
Sunfishes |
50° 58° |
68° |
Pompano |
77' |
|
Mottled Sculpin |
48°-52 |
0 |
Burbot |
52° |
|
Tench |
|
79° |
Red Drum |
52° 71? |
90° |
Mozambique Mouthbrooder 83° |
92°' ; | |
Carp |
75° 84° |
88° |
Walleye, |
50° 67° |
76° |
Red Snapper |
50° 57 * |
62° |
Nine-spine Stickleback 48°-52° | ||
Chain Pickerel |
60° 66° |
74° |
White Bass |
62° 70° |
78° |
Saltfish |
70° 79' |
82° |
Quillback |
72° |
|
Channel Catfish |
55° 82-89° |
|
White Crappie |
61° |
|
Sand Seatrout |
90° 95' |
104° |
Rainbow Smelt |
43° 50° |
57° |
Chinook Salmon |
44° 54° |
60° |
White Perch- |
75° |
|
Sea Catfish " |
|
99° |
River Capsucker |
79° |
94° |
Chun Salmon |
57° |
|
White Sucker |
72° |
|
Skipjack Tuna |
65° 73? |
82° |
Rosyface Shiner |
70° 80° |
88° |
Cisco |
52°-55° |
|
Yellow Bass |
81° |
|
Snook |
60° 70°-75° 90° |
Slimy Sculpin |
39° |
43° | |
Coho Salmon |
44° 54° |
60° |
Yellow Bullhead |
83° |
|
Spotted Seatrout |
48° 72° |
81° |
Spotfin Shiner |
79° 85° |
95° |
FlatheadFish |
81° |
90° |
Yellow Perch |
58° 68° |
74° |
Striped Bass |
54° 60° |
77° |
Spottail Shiner |
54° |
|
Fresh water Drum |
74° |
|
|
|
|
Striped Marlin |
61° 70° |
80° |
Stonecat |
59° |
|
Grass Pickeril Grayling |
78° |
64° |
saltwater gamefish |
Swordfish Tarpon |
50° 58° 74° 76° |
68° 100° |
Stoneroller Trout Perch |
75° 84° 50° |
91° | ||
Green Sunfish |
73° 87° |
91° |
Albacore |
59° 64° |
|
Tautog |
60° 70° |
76° |
White River Killfish |
85° |
|
Goldeye |
72° |
83° |
Aberjack |
60° 65° |
72° |
Weakfish |
55°-65° |
78° |
|
|
|
Kamloops Trout Kokanfe |
46° 47°-54° 52°-55° |
|
Atlantic Bonito Atlantic Cod |
60° 64° 31« 44°-49° |
80° 59° |
White Marlin White Seabass |
65° 79°-80° 58° 68° |
74° |
saltwater baitfish | ||
Lake Trout |
42° 50°-59° |
|
Atlantic Croaker |
|
100° |
Winter Founder |
35° 48°-52° |
64° |
Atlantic Silverside |
|
90° T |
Lake Whitefish |
43° 51° |
|
Atlantic Mackerel |
46° |
|
Yellowfin Tuna |
64° 72° |
80° |
Atlantic Threadfin |
|
92° |
Landlocked Atlantic Salmon |
Barracuda |
60° 65° |
82° |
Yellowtail |
60° 65° |
70° |
Bay Anchovy |
82° |
92° | ||
Largemouth Bass |
50°-58° 50° 65°-75° |
85° |
Bigeye Tuna Blackfin Tuna |
62° 64° 70° 74° |
68° 82° |
freshwater baitfish |
California Grunion Gulf Grunion |
68° 77° 68° 89° |
93° 98° | ||
Longnose Gar |
92° |
|
Black Marlin |
68° 75°-79° |
87° |
Alewife |
48° 54° |
72° |
Gulf Menhaden |
|
86° |
Mooneye |
72° |
|
Bluefln Tuna |
50° 68° |
78° |
Bitterling |
77° |
|
Pacific Silversides |
72° 77° |
82° |
Muskellunge |
55° 63° |
72° |
Bluefish |
50° 68° |
84° |
Bluehead Chub |
50° 59° |
63° |
Rough Silverside |
|
91° -. |
Northern Pike |
56° 63° |
74° |
Blue Marlin |
70° 78° |
88° |
Bluntnose Minnow |
70° 84° |
88° |
Skip Jack Herring |
72° |
84° |
Pink Salmon |
49° |
|
Bonefish |
60° 75° |
93° |
Desert Pupfish |
71° |
78° |
Spot |
|
99° |
PumkinSeed |
82° |
|
Dolphinfish |
70° 75°82° |
Emerald Shiner |
61° |
|
Tidewater Silverside |
|
93° |
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