11-24-2017, 07:42 AM
A lot of the eyes I get around here look to me to have some sauger influence in their genes, the smaller they are the more distinct the color and it darkens with stress. I've noticed that stress reactions creates excellent camouflage.
Almost all the big, old eyes I've caught look more like pure walleye, the males and females can look different too. I think small/medium walleye can look like a saugeye when stressed, more obvious in cold water. .
The bars on the tail and spots are probably more or pronounced depending on the gene ratio or something, just guessing though.
I don't like the sauger influence, I think they're pushing the real walleye out by breeding with them, at the same time walleye don't get stocked often because they're the most expensive to raise.
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Almost all the big, old eyes I've caught look more like pure walleye, the males and females can look different too. I think small/medium walleye can look like a saugeye when stressed, more obvious in cold water. .
The bars on the tail and spots are probably more or pronounced depending on the gene ratio or something, just guessing though.
I don't like the sauger influence, I think they're pushing the real walleye out by breeding with them, at the same time walleye don't get stocked often because they're the most expensive to raise.
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