The lake is stocked with muskellunge and channel catfish. It is a fairly popular destination among fishermen seeking walleye, white bass, and channel catfish. Seneca Lake contains populations of largemouth bass, crappies, bluegills, bullheads, channel catfish, and walleye. Blue catfish are often misidentified as channel catfish. The lake is stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, shellcracker, crappie, and channel catfish. Largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie, and channel catfish populate the lake. Fish species include bluegill, sunfish, shortnose gar, spotted gar, crappie, largemouth bass and channel catfish. The native fish species are largemouth bass, bluegill, black crappie and channel catfish. As channel catfish grow longer, they increase in weight. Channel catfish possess very keen senses of smell and taste. Fish present in the reservoir include largemouth bass, crappie, catfish, and channel catfish. Oysters, abalone, mussels, channel catfish, rainbow trout, and salmon are farmed commercially. The lake has smallmouth bass, black crappie, northern pike, channel catfish, and trout. The channel catfish is adapted to limited light conditions. The lake has been stocked with trout, bigmouth bass, channel catfish, bluegill, and fathead minnows.