Quillback
Carpiodes cyprinus · Catostomidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- April and May
- Largest length
- up to 66 cm (26 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 10 years
- Matures at
- about 4 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.
48 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 8 of 8 lakes
- Lake Saint CroixPierce County4,668 acres · 60 ft deeprecorded 1997 to 2006 (7 records)recorded
- Swan LakeColumbia County406 acres · 82 ft deeprecorded 2002 to 2003 (2 records)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Mallalieu LakeSt Croix County270 acres · 17 ft deeprecorded 2001 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Lake PepinPepin County25,494 acresrecorded 1966 to 1988 (4 records)recorded
- McCartney LakeGrant County924 acres · 10 ft deeprecorded 1963 (1 record)recorded
- Lake O' the DallesPolk County23 acres · 12 ft deeprecorded 1959 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Sturgeon BayWisconsin4,945 acresrecorded 1950 (1 record)stocked, recorded
- Lake WisconsinColumbia County9,000 acres · 24 ft deeprecorded (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded