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Fishing
With 34 miles of waterways, Fairmount Park offers ample fishing opportunities in one of our streams, creeks or
the Schuylkill River. Before casting that line, however, make sure to procure a fishing license and remember to
follow the laws outlined by the Commonwealth. For more information, please visit
www.fish.state.pa.us.
Here's a list of the fish you may find in the Pennypack and/or Wissahickon Creeks. "Fishable" means that that
particular fish has been caught with rod and reel.
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Fishable? |
Wissahickon |
Pennypack |
| American Eel |
Anguilla rostrata |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| American Shad |
Alosa sapidissima |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Banded Killifish |
Fundulus diaphanus |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Black Crappie |
Pomoxiz nigromaculatus |
Yes |
No Info |
Yes |
| Blacknose Dace |
Rhinichthys atratulus |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blueback Herring |
Alosa aestivalis |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Bluegill Sunfish |
Lepomis macrochirus |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Brown Bullhead |
Ameuris nebulosus |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Brown Trout |
Salmo trutta |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Carp |
Cyprinus carpio |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Channel catfish |
Ictalarus punctatus |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Comely Shiner |
Notropis amoenus |
No |
No Info |
Yes |
| Common Shiner |
Luxilus cornutus |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Creek Chub |
Semotilus atromaculatus |
Yes |
No Info |
Yes |
| Creek Chubsucker |
Erimyzon oblongus |
No |
No Info |
Yes |
| Eastern Silvery Minnow |
Hybognathus regius |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Fallfish |
Semotilus corporalis |
Yes |
No Info |
Yes |
| Fathead Minnow |
Pimephales promelas |
No |
No Info |
Yes |
| Gizzard Shad |
Dorosoma cepedianum |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Golden Shiner |
Notemigonus crysoleucas |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Green Sunfish |
Lepomis cyanellus |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Largemouth Bass |
Micropterus salmoides |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Longnose Dace |
Rhinichthys cataractae |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Margines Madtom |
Notorus insignis |
No |
No Info |
Yes |
| Mummichog |
Fundulus heteroclitus |
No |
No Info |
Yes |
| Pumpkinseed Sunfish |
Lepomis gibbosus |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Rainbow Trout |
Oncorhynchus mykiss |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Redbreast Sunfish |
Lepomis auritus |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Rock Bass |
Ambloplites rupestris |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Satinfin Shiner |
Cyprinella analostana |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Smallmouth Bass |
Micropterus dolomieui |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Spotfin Shiner |
Cyprinella spiloptera |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Spottail Shiner |
Notropis hudsonius |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Striped Bass |
Morone saxatilis |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Swallowtail Shiner |
Notropis procne |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tesselated Darter |
Etheostoma olmstedi |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| White Perch |
Morone americana |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| White Sucker |
Catosomus commersoni |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Yellow Bullhead |
Ameuris natalis |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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