Bullhead
They generally feed at night and can be caught using small fish and worms. These guys are bottom feeders. |
 Catfish
These fish are bottom feeders and love small fish. |
 Channel Cat
These fish are bottom feeders and love small fish. A rarity at Petrie Island. |
 Chub
Not common during the winter months at Petrie Island. Effective lures and bait include small spinners, spoons, flies, worms and grubs. |
 Crappy
These guys are easily caught while ice fishing at Petrie Island. Effective bait and lures are minnows, small jigs, worms and grubs. |
 Yellow Perch
These fish are the most abundant at Petrie Island. If a person is serious they can catch more than 100 in a day. Popular lures and bait include small jigs, spinners, worms and grubs. |
 Smallmouth Bass
Not easy to catch in winter, but they are there. Popular lures and bait include small jigs, spinners, worms and grubs. |
 Largemouth Bass
These guys are down there, but not easily caught. Let us know if you catch one. |
 Rock bass
As with all fish in the bass family, these are not easily caught in winter. Popular lures and bait include small jigs, spinners, worms and grubs. |
 Walleye
A popular, great eating fish. These guys travel in schools, so if you catch one, you'll probably catch more. |
 Sturgeon
Rare, but not impossible at Petrie Island in the winter. Every season we hear a story of someone who caught a sturgeon too big to bring out of the hole. |
 Northern Pike
Probably the fish of choice to most who fish at Petrie Island, only because of it's potential size. |
 Carp
Rare, but not impossible at Petrie Island in the winter. These guys can weigh well over 30 pounds, so good luck getting one out of the hole. |
 Sunfish
Second only to Perch for the most abundant fish at Petrie Island. Effective bait and lures are minnows, small jigs, worms and grubs. |
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