Table rock walleye

[Ron Burgundy]

2 hours ago, MickinMO said:

This post reminded me of a night bass fishing trip about 15 years ago out of Shell Knob. I had my brother with me and he caught a Sauger, or at least that is what I determined it to be. It was not a walleye. He thought he caught a walleye, but once I got a good look at it in the light it certainly was something else. I called one of my buddy's dads the next day and he was convinced it was a sauger based on my description.Only one I have ever seen or caught. Certainly never saw one come out of Stockton growing up.

A few years ago while trolling for walleye in March up Kings we caught what we thought was a sauger....the markings were different from a walleye ....I dunno 

[rps]

I caught a sauger  across the channel from Fletchers Devils Dive about 5 or 6 years ago. I guess they are hold overs from when the lake was a river.

 

[rangerman]

On 7/21/2018 at 6:29 PM, MickinMO said:

This post reminded me of a night bass fishing trip about 15 years ago out of Shell Knob. I had my brother with me and he caught a Sauger, or at least that is what I determined it to be. It was not a walleye. He thought he caught a walleye, but once I got a good look at it in the light it certainly was something else. I called one of my buddy's dads the next day and he was convinced it was a sauger based on my description.Only one I have ever seen or caught. Certainly never saw one come out of Stockton growing up.

There are a few around..not many. Catch them mostly in the big river systems Used to catch a lot in fort peck in Montana,  and lake  sakakawea in North Dakota generally the big river systems. They are a cool fish with teeth no doubt. They lack the white spot on tail and are generally more slender and mottled than walleye.

[rps]

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