Did I catch a saugeye?

  • mnfishhunt
    Brooklyn Park, MN
    Posts: 521
    February 15, 2017 at 11:16 pm #1674415

    I got home from pool 4 this evening and as I went to clenched my catch one started to look different then the rest. Can anyone tell me if I caught my first saugeye

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    mnfishhunt
    Brooklyn Park, MN
    Posts: 521
    February 15, 2017 at 11:18 pm #1674417

    i know the 2 on the right are saugers, and the top 2 on the lest are walleyes, what about the bottom one on the left?

    mnfishhunt
    Brooklyn Park, MN
    Posts: 521
    February 15, 2017 at 11:20 pm #1674418

    On second guess it may just be a Green Sunfish

    gonecribbin
    reads landing MN
    Posts: 517
    February 15, 2017 at 11:33 pm #1674420

    If it has scaly cheeks, spotted dorsal with a black base its a saugeye

    Looks like a walleye to me in the pic…

    404 ERROR
    MN
    Posts: 3918
    February 16, 2017 at 8:30 am #1674475

    Either way, the bottom right Sauger is a nice one! I’m unsure if I would call the bottom left a Saugeye without looking closer. It has some slight coloration, but tough to distinguish by the picture.

    hnd
    Posts: 1575
    February 16, 2017 at 8:43 am #1674484

    its a walleye without seeing the dorsal fins.

    Chuck Melcher
    SE Wisconsin, Racine County
    Posts: 1966
    February 16, 2017 at 2:22 pm #1674584

    I just keep seeing hot oil, beer, and a great dinner!

    Buckeye86
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    February 16, 2017 at 2:50 pm #1674598

    Bottom left is definitely a saugeye

    mnfishhunt
    Brooklyn Park, MN
    Posts: 521
    February 16, 2017 at 3:06 pm #1674608

    Here’s a better one, sorry about the mess

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    Charles
    Posts: 1878
    February 16, 2017 at 3:18 pm #1674615

    Man from that point it looks like a walleye.

    nord
    Posts: 724
    February 16, 2017 at 3:49 pm #1674628

    No spots on the dorsal fin. I’ll say a walleye.

    thegun
    mn
    Posts: 1009
    February 16, 2017 at 7:18 pm #1674683

    It don’t have spots but it also don’t have black spot on base of dorsal. Don’t know what to tell you other than anything short of DNA test you will never know for sure..

    AUTO_5
    Inactive
    Mendota Heights, MN
    Posts: 660
    February 17, 2017 at 5:46 am #1674743

    I’d say saugeye

    mnfishhunt
    Brooklyn Park, MN
    Posts: 521
    February 17, 2017 at 8:51 am #1674771

    it surely has a different color pattern then any walleye I have ever closely looked at. Ill have to remember to check the scales on the cheeks from now on, thanks eveyone

    Walleyestudent Andy Cox
    Garrison MN-Mille Lacs
    Posts: 4484
    February 17, 2017 at 8:56 am #1674776
    thegun wrote:

    It don’t have spots but it also don’t have black spot on base of dorsal. Don’t know what to tell you other than anything short of DNA test you will never know for sure..

    Other than the slightly different side markings, typically walleye will always have the black marking at the base of the dorsal. Perhaps this is the famous Wallger??

    Steven Krapfl
    Springville, Iowa
    Posts: 1666
    March 23, 2017 at 12:03 pm #1683354

    You got a saugeye. The DNR here in Iowa stocks saugeye in the Iowa River and I have caught many. The tells are in the dorsal fins. Saugeyes always have two broken lines before the solid blotches, that’s the easiest way for me to tell.

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    dtro
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    Jordan
    Posts: 1501
    March 23, 2017 at 1:08 pm #1683378

    Definitely a Wauger

    John Kaus
    Posts: 27
    March 23, 2017 at 1:25 pm #1683385

    That is a Saugeye on the bottom left. IMHO

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