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Pick a fish, a state and a month. We show the waters where the state agency puts the peak that month, then the rest, and never guess a season.

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Prime in November

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The fish at peak on the most of our waters right now. On each strip, darker months mean more of its waters are at peak.

Steelhead

Trout & Salmon

Steelhead

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Prime now on 11 of 20 waters

Rainbow Trout

Trout & Salmon

Rainbow Trout

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Prime now on 17 of 35 waters

Brown Trout

Trout & Salmon

Brown Trout

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Prime now on 17 of 39 waters

Striped Bass

Bass

Striped Bass

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Prime now on 10 of 24 waters

Crappie

Panfish

Crappie

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Prime now on 8 of 21 waters

Redfish

Drum

Redfish

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Prime now on 13 of 35 waters

Smallmouth Bass

Bass

Smallmouth Bass

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Prime now on 7 of 26 waters

Largemouth Bass

Bass

Largemouth Bass

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Prime now on 6 of 24 waters

Images: Timothy Knepp and Duane Raver, USFWS. Public domain.

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Rivers & Streams · Montana

Madison River

The upper Madison above Ennis Lake, known to anglers as the 50-mile riffle, with brown and rainbow trout below Hebgen and Quake Lakes.

Prime Season Starts in May: Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout

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Rivers & Streams · Montana

Yellowstone River

Longest free-flowing river in the lower 48, from Paradise Valley's trout water near Livingston to North Dakota, where it is a spring and fall fishery for sauger and walleye near Buford, Cartwright and Fairview.

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Rivers & Streams · Alaska

Kenai River

A glacial river, the longest in Southcentral Alaska, where the world record Chinook salmon was caught in 1985. Anglers fish it for sockeye and coho salmon and trophy-sized wild rainbow trout; check ADF&G emergency orders before fishing for kings.

Prime in November: Rainbow Trout

Try: Parachute Adams, Blue-Winged Olive, Pheasant Tail Nymph, Hare's Ear Nymph

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Lakes & Reservoirs · Florida

Lake Okeechobee

Shallow 730-square-mile lake, nationally recognized for its largemouth bass and black crappie fisheries.

Prime Season Starts in January: Crappie

Prime Season Starts in June: Bluegill

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Saltwater & Coast · Maryland

Chesapeake Bay

Striped bass from the bridges to the flats, plus speckled trout and red drum to the south.

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Lakes & Reservoirs · Ohio

Lake Erie

Western basin water around the Bass Islands, on the lake Ohio DNR calls the Walleye Capital of the World, with smallmouth bass around the islands.

Prime in November: Yellow Perch

Try: Panfish Jig, Live Minnows

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Rivers & Streams · Idaho

Henry's Fork of the Snake

The Henrys Fork in Idaho, with rainbow, brown and cutthroat trout.

Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Cutthroat Trout

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Lakes & Reservoirs · Texas

Lake Fork

The state's top trophy bass lake, with standing timber and more ShareLunker entries than any other Texas lake.

Good in November: Largemouth Bass

Try: Soft Stick Bait, Texas-Rigged Worm, Bass Jig, Spinnerbait

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