title: List of fish of the Indiana Dunes
text: # List of fish of the Indiana Dunes
  
  Indiana Dunes National Park is a National Park Service unit on the shore of Lake Michigan in Indiana, United States. A BioBlitz took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009. During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary listing of the (freshwater) fish of the area.
  
  ## List of fish species
  
  Invasive Species
  
  * Alosa pseudoharengus - Alewife
  
  Unclassified
  
  * Chaenobryttus gulosus - Warmouth
  
  Pickerel
  
  * Esox americanus - American pickerel
  
  Darters
  
  * Etheostoma exile - Iowa darter
  
  Sunfish
  
  * Lepomis cyanellus - Green sunfish
  * Lepomis gibbosus - Pumpkinseed
  
  Bass
  
  * Micropterus salmoides - Largemouth bass
  
  Goby
  
  * Neogobius melanostomus - Round goby
  
  Shiners
  
  * Cyprinella spiloptera - Spotfin Shiner
  * Notropis atherinoides - Emerald shiner
  * Notropis hudsonius - Spottail shiner
  * Notropis stramineus - Sand shiner
  * Notropis volucellus - Mimic shiner
  * Notemigonus crysoleucas - Golden shiner
  
  Salmon
  
  * Oncorhynchus kisutch - Coho salmon
  * Oncorhynchus mykiss - Rainbow trout
  * Oncorhynchus tshawytscha - Chinook salmon
  
  Minnow
  
  * Umbra limi - Central mudminnow
  
  ## Fishing areas
  
  * Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk. There is a new (2009) fishing pier along the breakwall for the Burns Waterway entry. This area has been noted for small mouth bass, carp, catfish, salmon, and trout.
  * Long Lake is accessed through the West Beach entrance on Lake and Porter County Line Road. It is known for large mouth bass, and bluegill.
  * Salt Creek at the junction of the East Branch of the Little Calumet River. Difficult to get to in Burns Harbor, this area has produced large mouth bass, salmon, and trout.
  