January Walleye is in the Boat !

[rps]

Sauger's range is similar to that of walleye. They can tolerate slower moving and warmer water than walleye. They also tolerate more turbid water. I used to catch them below Keystone dam on the Arkansas river just outside Tulsa. A review of state records show several came from the Mississippi River. They were native to the White River and its tributaries, just as were walleye, before the dams. The difference is that they haven't been stocked. They taste the same but average smaller in size than walleye so the money gets spent on the walleye. Some states have experimented with the saugeye, a walleye sauger cross. I have never caught one of those.

Although I appreciate the compliment dprice, I really don't know that much more than others. It's just that I have more miles than most and an ability to explain things.

[rps]

http://www.hookhack.com/html/fom100115_sauger.html

[dprice]

I respect that statement 

I am hesitant to say the fisheries  are better or worse    But a few variables that explain some thoughts are   Stocking programs and superb structure renewal programs    I remember when Woody type structure was slim to none existent in several areas of both lakes  not today   Seems added ambush points help feed them a bit better as well

Pressure seems to have changed also 

id like to think that fish learn us and  move away from the pressure ean while they are still  out there 

[dprice]

One more thot are walleye known as cannibals?

 

[rps]

None I have cleaned have had their own inside - crappie, bluegill, green perch, shad, trout and crawdads yes. Of course that is not conclusive. Anyone else?

[bfishn]

I can't say about adult walleye, but fry will eat each other to extinction if that's all there is around. I hatched 10,000 in an experiment to raise some on a new specialized commercial fish feed. Only a few took the feed. They mostly preferred to eat each other. They did that until I released them in my pond 5 weeks later. There were only ~150 left.

[MOPanfisher]

I would say that about any predatory fish will at times be cannabilistic.  Some are just more so than others.  Though I cannot ever recall having found a small walleye in the belly of an adult.

[dan hufferd]

1 hour ago, bfishn said:

I can't say about adult walleye, but fry will eat each other to extinction if that's all there is around. I hatched 10,000 in an experiment to raise some on a new specialized commercial fish feed. Only a few took the feed. They mostly preferred to eat each other. They did that until I released them in my pond 5 weeks later. There were only ~150 left.

I read this same thing somewhere else. These fish are wonderfully odd, spawn like salmon, eat like bass. I guess they fill their own place well enough. I sure wish that they were better spawners.

I guess you have experience, do you think these Stockton Lake walleye reproduce without moving water, or maybe they do just not many. What do you think bfishn?  

[dprice]

don't know about them but I'm getn interested in actually tryn to catch one on purpose 

perhaps spawning areas are a bit different than we anticipate 

lots of current in main lake areas with wind traffic and waves 

 

[dprice]

I have another question about them

are they hunters in group or schools like  bass? 

Seems that spawners and feeders congregate or at least frequent that same structure type locations?  This  stimulates my question here?