Saugeye

[laker67]

I had never heard of a saugeye before, but the arkansas wildlife mag is showing a picture of the new state record at 9lb.

[Guest]

It's a hatchery cross between a walleye and a sauger. Have a link?

[laker67]

It's a hatchery cross between a walleye and a sauger. Have a link?

I read that in the magazine article. says the world record is 15lb.

[fishinwrench]

When I was a pup my brother and I got into a bunch of what we thought were walleye on the Mississippi, then later on in my late teens I caught my first real walleye at Mark Twain lake and realized right away that what we got into before on the Miss were not the same fish. Those I assume were actually Sauger. They were schooled up like crappie and were less toothy and more speckled than actual walleye and had more "normal" looking eyes.

Whatever they were I've never caught another one or even seen another one in the flesh.

[Ham]

I caught a 16 inch one last weekend. In Ohio.

[drew03cmc]

We have them in a lake five minutes from the house, but I have yet to catch one.

[Addicted to Creeks]

We have caught both walleye and sauger out of the Mississippi River. I have noticed that we tend to catch them together when we find them.