Fish ID: Sauger?

[hoggs222]

I vote Liger.

[eyebjim]

I had a pet walleye in a fish tank that I get when it was 4 inches and had it til 9 inches. They don't get a white tip on the tail til somewhere between 7 and 8 inches. At least mine didn't until then. It did not ever have spots on the dorsel like in the pic except the black spot at the rear base of it.

[fishuhalik]

blue-eyed smallski

[Zoob]

I fired off an e-mail with the picture to the Hinkley Fisheries/DNR (the DNR branch that stocks walleye into S.Lindstrom). We'll see what they have to say, hopefully they'll reply.

[DonBo]

Walleye. The spots on the dorsal are WAY more pronounced than that on a sauger. Sauger are found in river systems, not in S.Lindstrom.

[magic_minnow]

fishing LOTW you come upon this a lot...is it a walleye or a sauger or a saugeye? Most of the time, its a walleye. But REAL men fish for BASS! oh yeah!

[Bigtime22]

Picture doesn't totally define it for my, but considering where it was caught, I would say its a wally.

[Zoob]

I took a previous poster's advice and went to wiscfish.org and downloaded their FishID app. After looking at the two photos for sauger and walleye; I'm going to cast my vote with a yearling walleye.

Here's the pics:

Mine:

Walleye:

Sauger:

Photos lifted from WiscFish FishID app. All rights reserved by whoever owns them.

My original pic looks more in sync with the walleye photo. The camo on the sauger is extremely pronounced, unlike mine. Although the shape and coloration of its fins seem more in sync with the sauger. Hopefully the fisheries will respond; but for now, I'll throw my hat in with the walter camp.

Thanks for everyone who has chimed in. =) Ack, gotta suit up and head back out there. The sun is setting. Hopefully I'l catch another wallgereye.

-Jason

[icefishingdude]

walleye

[Phred52]

In keeping with "Young Frankenstein".... That would be an "Eye-gore" Phred52

[tchow]

Here's a pic of a "Saugeye" Was pretty sure what it was but sent pic to a buddy who is a Fisheries Biologist. Supposedly the way they determine is from counting the rays on the Dorsal. His eyes must be much better than mine as all he had was the pic.LOL Afterall, he is an expert. It's too bad that Alberta doesn;t recognize Saugeye as a separate species.

[Supercrew]

If you squint, the photo gets fuzzy, I think it's time for another.

[Zoob]

Unfortunately, all I caught yesterday were crappies (those were easy to ID ). Looks like the walk out to the shack this morning is going to be just this side of treacherous. Glazed everything.