Blackside Darter
Percina maculata · Percidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- April, May and June
- Largest length
- up to 11 cm (4 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 4 years
- Matures at
- about 1.5 years old
Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).
USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.
167 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.
Lakes where it has been recorded
From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.
Showing 12 of 19 lakes
- Wind LakeRacine County936 acres · 50 ft deeprecorded 2017 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Caldron Falls ReservoirMarinette County1,018 acres · 40 ft deeprecorded 2005 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Johnson Falls Flowage 647Marinette County158 acres · 37 ft deeprecorded 2005 (1 record)stocked, recorded
- Dairyland Reservoir (Flambeau)Rusk County1,745 acres · 70 ft deeprecorded 2004 (2 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Neshonoc LakeLacrosse County737 acres · 11 ft deeprecorded 1999 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Twin LakeWaushara County93 acres · 13 ft deeprecorded 1998 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Mukwonago RiverWisconsin26 acresrecorded 1984 (1 record)stocked, recorded
- Hayward LakeSawyer County247 acres · 17 ft deeprecorded 1967 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Elk LakePrice County88 acres · 25 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Lake Saint CroixPierce County4,668 acres · 60 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)recorded
- Big Eau Pleine ReservoirMarathon County6,830 acres · 46 ft deeprecorded 1927 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Marinuka LakeTrempealeau County98 acres · 9 ft deeprecorded 1927 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Antigo Lake (Kellog Pond)Langlade County32 acres · 7 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Bear LakeWaupaca County194 acres · 62 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Clearrecorded
- Homme PondShawano County38 acres · 13 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Lake NoquebayMarinette County2,409 acres · 51 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Lower Red LakeShawano County28 acresrecorded 1926 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Pigeon LakeWaupaca County163 acres · 10 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Grand Lake (Millpond)Green Lake County234 acres · 8 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Moderaterecorded