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Is it?????
Looks like a slightly marbled walleye, I believe saugeye have both the white tip on the lower lobe and the black spots in between the membranes of the spiny dorsal fin. Regardless nice fish man!
But it is missing the classic black spot at the rear of the dorsal fin if it were a walleye, my guess is yes Saugeye.
MC
Walleye
Based on the marbled markings (Sauger), larger size (Walleye), reduced white tip on tail (Walleye) and lack of black spot on the dorsal (Sauger...assuming the black in the fin is reflective of your sweater), I would say there's enough mixed characteristics to call it a Sauger.
Hybrids have vary degree of characteristics, so there's never a one-size-fits-all for the ID. Also depends if it is an F1 or a backcross...which could reduce certain hybrid features.
You have to tell is the exact location this fish was caught so that we could figure out the species by the waterway it came out of:)
To me, by your background, it looks like it came from a sluicing pond up in the Yukon next to where they are filming Yukon Gold.
That's funny sht rhybak beauty fish either way awesome colours:thumbup:
Hahah all i can say is Ohio. And it's not me or my fish... This question was about settling a bet on the fish.
As MuskieBait pointed out already , probably a hybrid (Sauger+Walleye) !
http://www.lakescientist.com/lake-facts/fish/saugeye/
"Saugeye look similar to both parental species. They are best identified by the “blotchy” saddle markings on their side and back similar to sauger, but they usually have white pigment on the lower portion of their tail along with dark blotches on their dorsal fin membrane. Identification of saugeye can be difficult in water bodies that have all three Stizostedion species, such as the Ohio River, but if it is possible to compare the three species directly at one time, identification is much easier. Ohio, along with most other states that stock saugeye, does not stock both saugeye and walleye in any reservoir."
With saugeye being a stocked fish in Ohio it certainly could be one.
Walleye. No question.
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Originally Posted by Symmetre
I second that
A few black spots (like a sauger) up front on dorsal fin but the rest of it (90%) is a washed black (walleye)
There is a white tail tip (walleye)
I say walleye from a mostly phenotypic perspective.
[COLOR=#333333]It’s like the Black and Blue or White and Gold. I believe that is a Walleye, but I can see where the confusion sets in.
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