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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, February 12, 1993                   TAG: 9302120005
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Ed Shamy
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

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FISH AROUND FOR THE RIGHT ANSWERS

No one in the history of our nation has ever compiled a comprehensive list of the 50 states and their official fishes. Until now. As our state legislators grapple with this vital issue, you can take a whack at matching the following list of fishes with their states.

Nine states have no official fish. Match them with "none."

When I feel like it, I'll publish the answers. Clip this out and save it until then to grade yourself. Treat yourself if you win. Good luck.

cutthroat trout

striped bass

steelhead trout

bluegill

none

striped bass

tarpon

cutthroat trout

king salmon

Guadalupe bass

northern pike

none

largemouth bass (telephone at state office of wildlife & fisheries plays "C'mon baby, do the locomotion" while on hold).

brook trout

none, but quahog is official state shellfish none, but unnamed state

government source says: "I think it's the governor."

cutthroat trout

brook trout

king salmon

smallmouth bass

Lahontan cutthroat trout

white bass

brook trout

muskellunge

gamefish: largemouth bass; rough fish: channel catfish ("We even have a state rock! Limestone!")

Atlantic salmon

Apache trout

none

none ("but if we did it'd be the channel catfish")

codfish

walleye brook trout

rainbow trout

House of Delegates approved brook trout, 88-8, on Tuesday, now in state Senate

spotted bass

weakfish

freshwater: largemouth bass; saltwater: tarpon

golden trout

none humo humo nuku nuku apoo ah-ah

largemouth bass

Colorado cutthroat trout

none

channel bass

cold water: brook trout; warm water: walleye

brook trout

largemouth bass

cutthroat trout

none walleye

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