Blue Catfish
Lewis and Clark observed blue catfish in mid-November 1803, at the confluence of the Ohio…
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Fish
Wildlife (16)
View allChannel Catfish
On July 24, 1804, near present-day Bellevue, Nebraska, Private Goodrich caught a channel catfish. Clark…
Chinook Salmon
Lewis and Clark first encountered massive runs of chinook salmon near the confluence of the…
Columbia river chub; Peamouth
Cutthroat trout
Eulachon
On February 24, 1806, Clatsop chief Coboway brought the first eulachon to Fort Clatsop, marking…
Eulachon, candle fish
Goldeye
Mountain sucker
Northern pikeminnow
Salmon species
Sauger
Starry Flounder
Lewis and Clark encountered the starry flounder in the Columbia River estuary during their winter…
Steelhead Trout
Lewis and Clark encountered steelhead (which they called "salmon trout") at multiple points along the…
Westslope Cutthroat Trout
On June 13, 1805, Private Silas Goodrich caught several cutthroat trout at the Great Falls…
White Sturgeon
Lewis and Clark encountered the white sturgeon in the Columbia River region during their winter…
