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| Species | Lake Ontario | Lake Erie | Lake St. Clair | Lake Huron | Lake Superior | St. Lawrence River | Total Fish Caught in Great Lakes | Total Fish Caught in Ontario | Percent in Great Lakes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walleye | 1,441 | - | 1,235 | 1,544 | 1,243 | 429 | 5,892 | 6,562 | 89.8 |
| Pike | 634 | - | - | 1,706 | 313 | 1,889 | 4,541 | 5,212 | 87.1 |
| Perch | 8,036 | - | - | 19,058 | 618 | 53,930 | 81,642 | 81,761 | 99.9 |
| Muskellunge | - | - | - | - | - | 240 | 240 | 687 | 34.9 |
| Whitefish | 176 | - | - | - | - | - | 176 | 176 | 100.0 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 5,934 | - | 926 | 1,722 | 463 | 14,344 | 23,390 | 24,694 | 94.7 |
| Largemouth bass | 889 | - | - | 2,389 | - | 2,938 | 6,216 | 6,663 | 93.3 |
| Rainbow Trout | 5,354 | - | - | 214 | - | - | 5,568 | 5,568 | 100.0 |
| Brown Trout | 223 | - | - | - | - | - | 223 | 223 | 100.0 |
| Lake Trout | 1,943 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,943 | 1,943 | 100.0 |
| Brook Trout | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Splake | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chinook | 6,988 | - | - | - | - | - | 6,988 | 6,988 | 100.0 |
| Coho | 1,341 | 1,341 | - | - | - | - | 2,681 | 2,681 | 100.0 |
| Sturgeon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Catfish | 926 | - | - | - | - | 158 | 1,085 | 1,085 | 100.0 |
| Crappie | - | - | - | 3,088 | - | 1,885 | 4,973 | 4,973 | 100.0 |
| Rock Bass | 3,168 | - | - | 5,679 | - | 4,078 | 12,925 | 17,775 | 72.7 |
| Sunfish | 5,305 | - | - | 5,362 | - | 4,863 | 15,530 | 15,710 | 98.9 |
| Smelt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other fish | 618 | - | - | 223 | - | 223 | 1,064 | 2,832 | 37.6 |
| Total fish | 42,974 | 1,341 | 2,161 | 40,986 | 2,637 | 84,976 | 175,076 | 185,531 | 94.4 |
| average per angler | 9.4 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 31.9 | 5.6 | 40.4 | 21.9 |
* numbers of participants are those who fished anywhere on the Great Lakes system
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