Fish journal

VEIN Fish Journal: All 110 Fish

Every fish in VEIN with the season, weather, time of day and bait it bites on, and where to catch it. 87 of them live in the 144 fishing spots of the Champlain Valley map.

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Fish	Season	Weather	Time	Bait	Spots
Alewife	Spring	Clear	Dawn, Midday	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	19
Allegheny Pearl Dace	Spring, Summer	any weather	any time of day	Nightcrawlers	—
American Brook Lamprey	Spring, Summer	any weather	Midday	Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait, Fish, Lamprey Bait	—
American Bullfrog	Spring, Summer, Autumn	Raining	any time of day	Nightcrawlers, Leech Bait	15
American Eel	Spring, Winter	any weather	Dusk, Night	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	16
Atlantic Salmon	Spring, Autumn	Overcast, Raining	Dawn, Dusk	Leech Bait, Lamprey Bait, Animal guts	21
Banded Killifish	all year	any weather	Dawn, Midday	Nightcrawlers	95
Banded Sculpin	all year	any weather	any time of day	Nightcrawlers, Leech Bait	11
Black Bullhead	Autumn	Raining, Snowing	Night	Leech Bait, Lamprey Bait, Animal guts	15
Black Crappie	Spring, Autumn	Clear, Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers	40
Blackchin Shiner	Summer	Clear	any time of day	Nightcrawlers	16
Blacknose Shiner	Summer	Clear	Dawn	Nightcrawlers	16
Blue-Spotted Salamander	Spring	Raining	Night	Nightcrawlers, Leech Bait	15
Blueback Herring	Spring, Summer	Overcast	any time of day	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	—
Bluegill	Spring, Summer, Winter	Overcast	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	42
Bluntnose Minnow	Spring, Summer	Clear, Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Midday	Nightcrawlers	74
Bowfin	Spring, Autumn	Clear	Midday	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	—
Brassy Minnow	Spring, Summer	any weather	any time of day	Nightcrawlers	19
Bridle Shiner	Spring, Summer	Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Midday	Nightcrawlers	39
Brook Silverside	Spring, Summer	any weather	Dawn, Midday	Nightcrawlers	—
Brook Stickleback	all year	any weather	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers	37
Brook Trout	Spring, Autumn, Winter	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	76
Brown Bullhead	Spring, Summer, Autumn	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Night	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	44
Brown Trout	Autumn, Winter	Raining, Snowing	any time of day	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	74
Burbot	Winter	Clear, Overcast	Dusk, Night	Leech Bait, Lamprey Bait, Animal guts	—
Cave Leech	all year	any weather	any time of day	Fish Guts, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait, Fish, Leech Bait	11
Central Mudminnow	all year	any weather	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers	91
Chain Pickerel	Spring, Autumn, Winter	Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Midday, Dusk	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	20
Channel Catfish	Summer	Raining	Night	Leech Bait, Lamprey Bait, Animal guts	20
Channel Darter	Spring, Summer	Clear	Midday	Nightcrawlers	73
Cisco	Autumn, Winter	any weather	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	—
Common Carp	Spring, Summer	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Dawn, Dusk	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait, Fish	20
Common Shiner	Spring, Summer	any weather	Dawn, Midday, Dusk	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	58
Creek Chub	Spring, Autumn	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	74
Cutlip Minnow	Spring, Summer	any weather	Dawn, Midday	Nightcrawlers	37
Eastern Blacknose Dace	Spring, Summer	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Dawn, Midday	Nightcrawlers	93
Eastern Red-backed Salamander	Spring	Raining	Night	Nightcrawlers, Leech Bait	15
Eastern Sand Darter	Spring, Summer	any weather	Dawn, Midday	Nightcrawlers	20
Eastern Silvery Minnow	Spring	any weather	Dawn, Midday	Nightcrawlers	87
Emerald Shiner	Spring, Summer	any weather	Night	Nightcrawlers	20
Fallfish	Autumn	any weather	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	37
Fantail Darter	Spring, Summer	Clear	Midday	Nightcrawlers	17
Fathead Minnow	Spring, Summer, Autumn	any weather	Dawn, Night	Nightcrawlers	15
Finescale Dace	Spring, Summer	any weather	any time of day	Nightcrawlers	—
Four-toed Salamander	Spring	Raining	Night	Nightcrawlers, Leech Bait	15
Freshwater Drum	Spring, Summer	any weather	Dusk, Night	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	—
Gizzard Shad	Spring, Summer	any weather	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers	37
Golden Shiner	Spring, Summer	Clear	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	21
Goldfish	Spring, Summer	Raining	Dawn	Nightcrawlers	—
Greater Redhorse	Spring, Summer	Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Night	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	—
Green Frog	Spring, Summer, Autumn	Raining	any time of day	Nightcrawlers, Leech Bait	15
Iowa Darter	Spring, Summer	any weather	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers	15
Lake Chub	Autumn, Winter	Clear	any time of day	Nightcrawlers	21
Lake Sturgeon	Spring, Summer	any weather	Dusk, Night	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	21
Lake Trout	Autumn, Winter	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	42
Lake Whitefish	Autumn, Winter	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	21
Largemouth Bass	Spring	Clear	Midday	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	97
Logperch	Spring, Summer	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Midday	Nightcrawlers	20
Longnose Dace	Spring, Summer	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers	53
Longnose Gar	Spring, Summer	any weather	any time of day	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	20
Longnose Sucker	Spring, Summer	any weather	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	74
Macrobdella decora	all year	any weather	any time of day	Fish Guts, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait, Fish, Leech Bait	15
Mimic Shiner	Spring, Summer	any weather	any time of day	Nightcrawlers	35
Mooneyes	Spring	Overcast, Raining	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	21
Mottled Sculpin	all year	any weather	Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers	20
Mudpuppy	Autumn, Winter	any weather	Night	Nightcrawlers, Leech Bait	11
Muskellunge	Spring	Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Dusk	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	—
Northern Brook Lamprey	Spring, Summer	any weather	Dawn, Midday	Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait, Fish, Lamprey Bait	21
Northern Pearl Dace	Spring, Summer	any weather	Dawn, Midday, Dusk	Nightcrawlers	71
Northern Pike	Spring, Autumn, Winter	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Dawn, Midday, Dusk	Leech Bait, Lamprey Bait, Animal guts	39
Northern Redbelly Dace	Spring, Summer	any weather	Dawn, Midday	Nightcrawlers	71
Pickerel Frog	Summer, Winter	any weather	any time of day	Nightcrawlers, Leech Bait	11
Pumpkinseed	Spring, Summer	any weather	Dawn, Midday	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	74
Quillback	Spring	any weather	any time of day	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	—
Rainbow Smelt	Spring, Summer, Winter	Raining	Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers	21
Rainbow Trout	all year	Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	37
Redbreast Sunfish	Spring, Autumn, Winter	Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	—
Redfin Pickerel	Spring, Autumn, Winter	any weather	any time of day	Nightcrawlers	19
Rock Bass	Spring, Autumn	Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	23
Rosyface Shiner	Spring, Summer	Clear	Dawn, Midday	Nightcrawlers	—
Round Whitefish	Spring, Autumn	Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	21
Rudd	Spring, Summer	Clear	Dusk, Night	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	—
Sand Shiner	Spring, Summer	any weather	any time of day	Nightcrawlers	20
Sauger	Spring, Winter	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	2
Sea Lamprey	Spring, Summer, Winter	any weather	any time of day	Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait, Fish, Lamprey Bait	—
Shorthead Redhorse	Spring, Autumn	Overcast	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	16
Silver Lamprey	Spring, Summer	Clear	Midday, Dusk	Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait, Fish, Lamprey Bait	20
Silver Redhorse	Spring	Overcast	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	—
Slimy Sculpin	Autumn, Winter	any weather	any time of day	Nightcrawlers	37
Smallmouth Bass	Spring, Summer	Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Dusk	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	99
Sockeye Salmon	Spring, Summer	Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Dusk	Leech Bait, Lamprey Bait, Animal guts, Fish	40
Splake	Spring, Autumn	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	23
Spotfin Shiner	Summer	Clear	Dawn	Nightcrawlers	21
Spottail Shiner	Spring, Summer	Clear	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers	37
Stonecat	Spring, Autumn	Overcast, Foggy, Raining, Snowing	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers	53
Striped Shiner	Spring, Summer	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers	—
Summer Sucker	Spring, Summer	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers	16
Tadpole Madtom	all year	any weather	Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers	—
Tench	Summer	Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Animal guts, Small Fish Bait, Lamprey Bait	—
Tessellated Darter	Spring, Summer	Clear	Midday	Nightcrawlers	21
Tiger Muskellunge	Autumn	Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Dusk	Leech Bait, Lamprey Bait, Animal guts	—
Trout-perch	all year	Overcast, Foggy, Raining, Snowing	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers	20
Undescribed Sucker	Spring, Autumn	Overcast, Foggy, Raining, Snowing	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers	21
Unidentified Cavefish	all year	any weather	any time of day	Leech Bait, Lamprey Bait, Animal guts	11
Walleye	Spring, Autumn	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	21
White Crappie	Spring, Autumn	Clear, Overcast, Foggy	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers	—
White Perch	Spring, Autumn	Raining, Snowing	Dawn, Dusk	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	21
White Sucker	Spring	Overcast, Raining	Dawn, Dusk, Night	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	110
Yellow Bullhead	Spring, Summer, Autumn	Overcast, Foggy, Raining	Night	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait, Fish	37
Yellow Perch	all year	Clear	Dawn, Midday, Dusk	Nightcrawlers, Fish Guts, Leech Bait, Small Fish Bait	23

Kinds of water

Underground11 spots · 5 kinds of fish
Muddy Ponds2 spots · 21 kinds of fish
Swamps13 spots · 14 kinds of fish
Other Lakes21 spots · 38 kinds of fish
Southern Ponds2 spots · 9 kinds of fish
Streams & Creeks37 spots · 21 kinds of fish
River Mouths20 spots · 14 kinds of fish
Underwater2 spots · 4 kinds of fish
Southern Rivers16 spots · 29 kinds of fish
Northern Ponds19 spots · 22 kinds of fish
Quarry1 spot · 1 kind of fish