The river also hosts largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie, flier, and chain pickerel populations. Anglers can expect decent fishing for bass, crappie and chain pickerel in the reservoir. There are smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, black crappie, walleye, bluegill, northern pike, and chain pickerel. In 2012 the lake was open all year for chain pickerel fishing. The chain pickerel is a popular sport fish. The lake's principal fisheries are brown trout, smallmouth bass, white perch, and chain pickerel. The two lakes provide good habitat for chain pickerel, smallmouth bass and white perch. Largemouth bass and chain pickerel are common and appear at least moderately fished. The lakes provide suitable habitat for chain pickerel, white perch, smallmouth bass and largemouth bass. French naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur described the chain pickerel in 1818. Additional species present included pumpkinseed, chain pickerel, landlocked alewife, brood salmon and eels. Invasive species include the chain pickerel and the small-mouth bass. Yellow perch, chain pickerel, and catfish can be caught from the shore, pier and boats. The chain pickerel and the American pickerel belong to the "Esox" genus of pike. The chain pickerel has a distinctive, dark, chain-like pattern on its greenish sides.