Looking for a post of a saugeye

  • Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    February 20, 2011 at 11:45 am #1270902

    It’s seldom when I can’t locate a photo in a post on Ido…but this one is eluding me.

    There was a post of a person holding a good size fish and the following posts identified it as a saugeye.

    I don’t recall anything else about it. Anyone able to remember who caught it or who posted in the thread?

    I can find it with just a little info.

    THANKS!

    Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    February 20, 2011 at 1:57 pm #939418

    Here’s a couple of pictures if that’s what your looking for.
    If its a particular post, sorry. Can’t help with that.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    February 20, 2011 at 2:06 pm #939422

    Not the same one I was looking for, but fits the bill perfectly Joel! Thanks!

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    February 20, 2011 at 2:35 pm #939435

    Saugeye have Spiny Dorsal Fins w distinct streaks (like in Joes pic) rough scales on cheeks…white tip on the bottom of the tail.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    February 20, 2011 at 2:39 pm #939439

    Nice saugeye’s Joel

    illiniwalli
    WC Illinois
    Posts: 878
    February 20, 2011 at 2:46 pm #939443

    yep, saugeyes’ dorsal – streaky not spotty – looks like a walleye and the splotchy sides look like a sauger.

    btw, couple of nice saugeyes there, joel.

    md76c
    Eau Claire Wi
    Posts: 23
    February 20, 2011 at 6:34 pm #939540

    I didn’t know they can interbreed. Here’s a question for all you biology majors. Are they capable of reproducing or are they sterile like a mule? If they can do they breed with walleyes or saugers?

    Jaya
    Zimmerman, MN
    Posts: 174
    February 20, 2011 at 7:12 pm #939561

    Pretty sure they’re sterile. used to have hybrid aquarium fish and the would lay eggs constantly but never hatched. What about hybrid muskie and sunfish?

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    February 20, 2011 at 7:17 pm #939565

    Quote:

    I didn’t know they can interbreed. Here’s a question for all you biology majors. Are they capable of reproducing or are they sterile like a mule? If they can do they breed with walleyes or saugers?

    How about a retired Biology teacher?

    Saugeye is a hybrid fish got from interbreeding a male Sauger and female walleye. Just as the case is for many hybrids, the Saugeye has traits and characteristics that are evident in its’ parents. The body is tabular and elongated with a tail fin which has a white border on the lower end like the walleye mother. This sleek body design allows bursting in water for short sprints as well swim for long distances at moderate speeds. Like the Saugers, Saugeye have dark blotches across their sides and back and the dorsal fin is spotted in most cases. They have a generally yellowish to golden -brown. The specie is commonly found in states in the Midwest of the USA from Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee west to Oklahoma and Colorado and then to the north and Eastern Dakota.
    In reproductive health, the Saugeye just like many hybrids are sterile but cases of them breeding with either Sauger or walleye have been reported which is causing alarm because of the danger to compromise on the genetic integrity of the Saugeye. Saugeye diet is primarily other species of fish, crustaceans such as crayfish, snails, insects and insect larvae.

    Read more: http://www.kosmix.com/topic/saugeye#ixzz1EX3AmVEn

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