Do you know your state fish?

[hopescooter]

So I was drinking my favorite local beer, Cutthroat from Uintas brewery. Somehow I missed this wording on the label all this time, "Saluting Utah's state fish". I googled to confirm, Bonneville Cutthroat indeed is Utah's state fish. Incidentally Cutthroat rules in Wyoming, Idaho, Montana as well. Kinda interesting, I guess.

 

[GrtLksMarlin]

Like most places in the upper mid-west Brook Trout....Though there was some ribbing for a while that it should be the Lamprey......Just looking it up after I posted, 9 states total claim the Brook Trout.

B.E.F.

 

[Unknownflyman]

L'Étoile du Nord ------ Walleye

 

[GrtLksMarlin]

L'Étoile du Nord ------ Walleye

You know, it is impolite to speak with your mouth full.....and those of Scandinavian stock are not amused.

B.E.F. :shades:

 

[txshane]

Guadalupe Bass

 

[Unknownflyman]

You know, it is impolite to speak with your mouth full.....and those of Scandinavian stock are not amused.

B.E.F. :shades:

Ok how`s this

Stjernen i nord- er full av berlevågsfisk

Star of the north- Walleye

 

[GrtLksMarlin]

Arstay ofway ethay orthnay- Alleyeway

What the heck is wrong with you? You're mumbling :shades:

B.E.F.

 

[deceiverbob]

In Mississippi it is the largemouth bass. And although a short search revealed nothing I thought speckled trout were named the state's saltwater fish.

 

[fredaevans]

Oregon.

Well I was wrong, I thought it was Steelhead. No-no-no 'old skywalker!'

Chinook Salmon

 

[ia_trouter]

I thought it was the Berkeley Power Minnow but I guess not.

Iowa-Channel Catfish

I don't think we had a state fish until recently, so we copied half the bordering states.

 

[chechem]

In Mississippi it is the largemouth bass. And although a short search revealed nothing I thought speckled trout were named the state's saltwater fish.

I'm in Oxford, MS.
I agree, I thought the 'speckled trout' was recognized as such. But then, since the true name is "Spotted Seatrout", maybe not!

I lived in Louisiana when a bill came before the House proposing the "crayfish" as the state fish. Just before the vote, someone pointed out that it wasn't a fish. "It's a crustacean", came a reply, and the bill was revised. Now Louisiana has a 'State Crustacean'.

 

[dwizum]

New York is another brook trout state.

 

[GrtLksMarlin]

I thought it was the Berkeley Power Minnow but I guess not.

:lol2:

B.E.F.

 

[Rip Tide]

American Shad....
shad and shad roe were big business in the town where I grew up

 

[dlf58]

Kansas, none, legislation pending, DLF

 

[jeep.ster]

Apache trout, Oncorhynchus apache.

 

[wolfglen]

The last I checked, the state freshwater fish was the large mouth bass, probably to honor the big mouthed politicians.

Now, the State tree of Florida is the cabbage palm, interesting because like many families tree here, it has no branches. Therefore, it is not a tree, it is a monocot (a grass) for the hay brained people who run the state.

Now, the state salt water fish is the Atlantic sailfish, also interesting because there are very few places in the state where it can be caught within the state waters, 3 naut. miles on the east coast and 8 naut. on the west coast.

I'm surprised that it's not the square grouper as square grouperfishermen have contributed so much to the political quagmire of the state.

Now, how about the state gem? Yep, it's the moonstone and moonstones are not found in Florida.

 

[lacanadio]

Rio Grande Cutthroat

 

[GrtLksMarlin]

Kansas, none, legislation pending, DLF

So I'm thinking "c'mon...he's joking right?"...and sure enough, newp! I noticed though they could take the time to name a State soil, grass, reptile, amphibian, insect.

B.E.F.

 

[CutThroat Leaders]

Cutthroat Trout... That is how I choose the name of the Business. I know, original....

No particular species of cutthroat trout is specified. There are three subspecies of cutthroat trout native to Idaho and all three can be considered official state fish.

Bonneville cutthroat trout
Westslope cutthroat trout
Yellowstone cutthroat trout