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The fallfish (Semotilus corporalis) is a North American freshwater fish, a chub in the family Cyprinidae. The fallfish is the largest minnow species native to Eastern North America.
9 mar 2012 · The Fallfish is a large native minnow that lives in clear, rocky streams in the Eastern US and SE Canada. Their range generally extends east of the Alleghanies, from northern New York to Virginia. They get up to 22 inches long and can reach four pounds in weight.
Fly fishing in New England can be enjoyed in a variety of locations, including the state of Massachusetts. Some of the best fly fishing spots in Massachusetts include the Wachusett Reservoir, Lake Onota, and Cape Cod Kettle Ponds.
Fallfish are omnivorous, eating plankton until they are about 1.5 inches long, and gradually switching to larger foods such as algae, insects, crayfish, and fishes. It takes five years for a Fallfish to reach about 8 inches, and almost 10 years to reach maximum size.
Fallfish primarily hunt and forage nocturnally between tca 2100 - 0500 h, with the most activity around midnight. The wild brown trout ( Salmo trutta ) and brook trout ( Salvelinus fontinalis ) provide direct competition in the foraging habits of fallfish.
The fallfish prefers large streams and small rivers with gravel, sand or rubble bottoms. They are also sometimes found in silt-bottomed pools. Fallfish are rare in waters that exceed 82° F. Fallfish feed primarily on insects and fishes. They spawn in the spring over gravel in flowing streams.
Native Range: Atlantic Slope from New Brunswick to James River drainage, Virginia; Hudson Bay, Lake Ontario, and St. Lawrence drainages, Quebec, Ontario, and New York (Page and Burr 2011).
