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| We caught a 14" fish in the river in Oshkosh Friday that had the pronounced black dots of a suager on the dorsal, but absolutely none of the darker splotches on the body. The tail did not have the white tip, but it did have a thin line of white on the bottom of the tail. The body portion looked 100% like a walleye. I kept it for a while to see if the colors would change at all in the livewell as they often do, but it did not. It was released. I'd have to call it a hybrid...anyone else ever get one from the system? |
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| I'd call it a Saugeye. And yes, I believe there are some in the system. |
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| I've noticed that most of the saugers in 'Bago do have a bit of white on the bottom of the tail. Which is contrary to most sauger descriptions. |
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| Shep their are NO saugeye in the bago system. |
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| Bill- How do you know for sure?...we have piranha after all.
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Location: Manawa Wiscowsin | I've fished Bago since 1953 and I have caught quite a few fish that I believed were saugeye. They were more common before the sauger population crashed. With the sauger population rebounding we should see more saugeye being caught. In any water where walleye and sauger coexist a small percentage of the population will be saugeye. Some guys (and fish) will chase any available female.  |
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Saugeye hybrid in Winnebago?