FISHBUOY Pro Fishing App for North Americal Anglers
FISHBUOY Pro Fishing App for North Americal Anglers

CISCO

BURBOT (formerly Lake Herring)

How to Identify Cisco

Formerly known as Lake Herring, are members of the trout and salmon family that inhabit the midwater regions of the Great Lakes and high quality inland lakes. Cisco have slender, elongate bodies with two dorsal fins, a pointed snout with long lower jaw, and in side view are decidedly elliptical. Cisco are silvery with faint pink to purple iridescence on the sides, blue-green to gray backs and white below. Fin colorations vary, but in general the outer portions of the dorsal and caudal fins are darkly pigmented.

Where to Catch Cisco

Cisco inhabit the open waters of lakes, rivers and the coastal waters of Hudson Bay. They specifically require cold, oxygenated water to thrive and normally are found in the cooler water below the thermocline in lakes where thermal stratification develops. Lake herring are found in the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes and the Arctic Ocean. In Canada they extend from Quebec to the Northwest Territories and Alberta. Within the United States, Lake herring can be found in northern Ohio, Illinois and Minnesota.

IDENTIFICATION

How to Identify a Cisco
 1 Silvery with faint pink to purple iridescence on the sides, blue-green to gray backs and white below

 2 Outer portions of the dorsal and caudal fins are darkly pigmented, caudal fin is slightly forked

 3 Pointed snout with a lower jaw that extends up to or beyond the tip of snout, unlike Whitefish where the lower jaw stops short of the upper jaw

TARGET AREAS

  • Open Water
  • Mid-Depth in Deep Lakes
 

Acknowledgements:  We thank TAKEMEFISHING.org (www.takemefishing.org), Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Indiana Department of Natural Resources for their contributions to these FISH FACTS.

  • WEATHER

    ALL NEW chart provides you with the ability to check out weather, wind and moon phase conditions.

Real-Time Weather Data for Anglers
  • LAKE MAPS

    Plan for places to fish with detailed lake contour maps by Navionics (Uses your existing Navionics app login)

Real-Time Weather Data for Anglers 8
  • MARINE

    Before you head out on the water, make sure to check out real-time NOAA marine buoy data.

Real-Time Marine Buoy Data
  • GAUGE DATA

    Watch river and reservoir water levels, flow rates, temps and even turbidity across North America.

Real-Time Water Gauge Data
  • LOGGING

    Automatically log your catch details every time you take a photo.

Fish Catch Digital Logs
  • GALLERY

    Conveniently search your fish photos using species and date range filters.

Manage and control your fishing history in one place!
  • TRIP STATS

    View your top three fish species, lures and bait colors at the end of your trip.

Post-Trip Personal Fishing Stats
  • DERBIES

    Create private events, invite competitors to join, share live feeds of your fishing derbies!

Fishing Derbies and Event Management
  • LOGGING

    Quickly add fish details to your photo - select from fish species, size, lure and primary lure color.

Fish Data Entry
  • WEIGHT

    Automatically estimate fish weight.  Simply measure the fishes length and girth to see the resulting weight.

Fish Weight Estimator
  • FISH ID

    The Fish Identification Tool was designed to help anglers correctly identify freshwater and saltwater sports fish.

Fish Identification Tool
  • LURE COLOR

    The Lure Color/Depth Tool was designed to help anglers pick the best lure color based on depth.

Lure Color Depth Tool

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