Game Fish of Saskatchewan - Record Catches |
Fish Species | Average Weight | Record Size |
Kept | Live Release |
Arctic grayling Thymallus arcticus(pic here) |
usually under 1 kg |
1.96 kg (4 lb-5 oz); Fond du Lac (1966) |
53 cm, 3 lb-5 oz, Highrock Lake (1990) |
Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis |
0.5 to 1 kg |
2.78 kg (6 lb-4 oz); Lake Amyot (1973) |
no data available |
Brown Trout Salmo trutta |
1 to 2.5 kg (2 to 5 lb) |
8.06 kg (17 lb-12 oz); Piprell Lake (1987) |
61.6 cm (24.25 in) approx. 5 lb; Shannon Lake (1991) |
Burbot Lota lota |
1 to 1.5 kg (2 to 3 lb) |
8.43 kg (18 lb-12oz); Candle Lake (1993) | no data available |
Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarki |
0.5 kg to 1.8 kg (1 to 4 lb) |
2.5 kg (6 lb-4 oz); Shirley Lake (1995) |
no data available |
Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush |
1 to 2.5 kg (2 to 5 lb) |
21.3 kg (54.0 lb); Wollaston Lake (1995) | 114 cm (45 in), 43 lb; Wollaston Lake (1995) |
Northern Pike Esox lucius |
1 to 2.5 kg (2 to 5 lb) |
19.41 kg (42 lb-12 oz); Lake Athabasca (1954) | 132 cm (52 in), 33 lb; Fond du Lac River (1991) |
Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss |
0.5 to 1.8 kg (1 to 4 lb) |
8.97 kg (19 lb-12 oz); Piprell Lake (1979) | 70 cm (27.5 in), 9 lb; Steistol Lake (1994) |
Sauger Stizostedion canadense |
2 kg (4 lb) |
3.55 kg (7 lb-13 oz); South Saskatchewan River (1990) | 56.5 cm (22.25 in), 4 lb;Tobin Lake (1993) |
Splake |
1 to 2 kg (2 to 4 lb) |
6 kg (13 lb-4 oz); Fern Lake (1988) | no data available |
Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens |
4.5 to 36 kg (10 to 80 lb) |
122.58 kg (270 lb); South Saskatchewan River (1962) | 118.1 cm (46.5 in); Tobin Lake (1995) |
Walleye Stizostedion vitreum |
0.5 to 1.5 kg (1 to 3 lb) |
7.65 kg (17 lb-2 oz); Tobin Lake (1995) | 15 lb-12 oz; Tobin Lake (1995) |
Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis |
1 to 1.5 kg (2 to 3 lb) |
5.22 kg (11 lb-8 oz); Sturgeon Lake (1973) | no data available |
Yellow Perch Perca flavescens |
250 g |
1.11 kg (2 lb-7.4 oz); Pagan Lake (1991) | no data available |