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WALLEYE

Canadian record: 22 pounds, 4 ounces; Niagara River, Ontario
Total number of walleye caught in Canada in 1995*: 46,286,598
Province where most walleye caught: Ontario (28,769,167)
Province with most walleye caught per resident angler: Manitoba (18.98)
SMALLMOUTH BASS

Canadian record: 9 pounds, 13 ounces; Birchbark Lake, Ontario
Number caught in Nova Scotia in 1995: 337,061
Number caught in New Brunswick in 1995: 293,067
Number caught in Ontario in 1995: 12,444,338
Number caught in Manitoba in 1995: 182,954
LARGEMOUTH BASS

Canadian record: 10 pounds, 8 ounces; Preston Lake, Ontario
Total number of largemouth caught in Ontario in 1995: 6,144,258
Number caught by Ontario resident anglers in 1995: 4,611,263
Number of largemouth caught per resident angler: 4.44
PIKE

Canadian record: 42 pounds, 2 ounces; Delaney Lake, Ontario
Total number of pike caught in Canada in 1995: 28,260,063
Province where most northerns caught: Ontario (15,221,149)
Province with most pike caught per resident angler: Saskatchewan (17.38)
BROOK TROUT

Canadian record: 14 pounds, 8 ounces; Nipigon River, Ontario
Total number of brookies caught in Canada in 1995: 32,676,471
Province where most brookies caught: Quebec (22,757,296)
Province with most brookies caught per resident angler: Newfoundland (39.56)
LAKE TROUT

Canadian record: 72 pounds, 4 ounces; Great Bear Lake, NWT
Total number of lakers caught in Canada in 1995: 3,839,505
Province where most lake trout caught: Ontario (1,895,286)
Province with most lake trout caught per resident angler: NWT (10.30)
PACIFIC SALMON

Canadian record: 92 pounds, 8 ounces (chinook); Skeena River, B.C.
Total number of Pacifics caught in Canada in 1995: 4,266,671
Province where most Pacifics caught: B.C. (3,362,022)
Province with most Pacifics caught per resident angler: B.C. (5.49)
RAINBOWS

Canadian record: 35 pounds, 12 ounces; Kootenay Lake, B.C.
Number of rainbows caught in B.C. in 1995: 5,250,760
Number of rainbows caught in Alberta in 1995: 2,706,499
Number of rainbows caught in Newfoundland in 1995: 433,240
ATLANTIC SALMON

Canadian record: 55 pounds; Cascapedia River, Quebec
Total number of Atlantics caught in Canada in 1995: 159,583
Province where most Atlantics caught: Newfoundland (109,121)
Province with most Atlantics caught per resident angler: Newfoundland (2.25)
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