Longnose Dace
Rhinichthys cataractae · Cyprinidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- April, May and June
- Largest length
- up to 22.5 cm (9 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 5 years
- Matures at
- about 2.5 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.
152 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 15 lakes
- Lake MichiganWisconsin0.4 acresrecorded 1951 to 2023 (9 records)stocked, recorded
- Lake ChippewaSawyer County15,300 acres · 92 ft deeprecorded 2011 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Totagatic FlowageSawyer County479 acres · 12 ft deeprecorded 1977 (1 record)recorded
- Johnson SpringsBayfield County2.0 acres · 12 ft deeprecorded 1968 (1 record)stocked, recorded
- Hayward LakeSawyer County247 acres · 17 ft deeprecorded 1967 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Viola LakeBurnett County285 acres · 34 ft deeprecorded 1965 (1 record)Clearrecorded
- Trout LakeVilas County3,816 acres · 117 ft deeprecorded 1954 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Elk LakePrice County88 acres · 25 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- McKenzie LakeWashburn County1,185 acres · 71 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Whitefish LakeSawyer County786 acres · 105 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Lake SuperiorWisconsinrecorded 1922 to 1926 (2 records)stocked, recorded
- Lower Red LakeShawano County28 acresrecorded 1926 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Townsend FlowageOconto County476 acres · 30 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Wausaukee LakeMarinette County5.0 acres · 6 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Riley LakeForest County213 acres · 20 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded