Fish ID

[Spurhunter]

Alright guys. Tell me what this fish is and then I will tell you where I caught it.

 

[Mudbone]

Idk. Is that a saugeye?

 

[Spurhunter]

I have no idea. Is a saugeye a cross between a sauger and a walleye?

 

[Spurhunter]

I would be shocked if there was enough of either where I caught it for them to crossbreed.

 

[TN Larry]

It looks like a small walleye to me. It's definitely not a sauger but don't think it's a saugeye either.

 

[Spurhunter]

It looks like a small walleye to me. It's definitely not a sauger but don't think it's a saugeye either.

I've had 3 opinions counting yours so far and all were walleye.

 

[Biggun4214]

Walleye saugeye usually have saddles.

 

[Planking]

Small walleye

 

[Spurhunter]

I guess it's unanimous. I caught it on a shaky head in a Mississippi river oxbow at Memphis. Never knew they were in there. I've been fishing the river for 40 years and never even heard of someone catching a walleye.

 

[preds1]

I guess it's unanimous. I caught it on a shaky head in a Mississippi river oxbow at Memphis. Never knew they were in there. I've been fishing the river for 40 years and never even heard of someone catching a walleye.

They're delicious.

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

I agree with the small walleye

 

[catman529]

It's a walleye duh


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[UpperTully]

You fishing Dacus Lake?

I've fished all along the river for many years and never seen one around here

 

[TheLBLman]

Geez! :mrgreen: That's almost like me catching a rainbow trout in Reelfoot Lake!

I would speculate it washed in from the far north, or else some fishermen caught some a little farther east, and simply released them where you were fishing? Still amazing they would survive very long there, but then the summer hasn't heated up fully yet.

 

[Spurhunter]

You fishing Dacus Lake?

I've fished all along the river for many years and never seen one around here

McKellar. Never know what you'll catch in the Mississippi river I suppose!

 

[Spurhunter]

Geez! :mrgreen: That's almost like me catching a rainbow trout in Reelfoot Lake!

I would speculate it washed in from the far north, or else some fishermen caught some a little farther east, and simply released them where you were fishing? Still amazing they would survive very long there, but then the summer hasn't heated up fully yet.

The surface temps are in the 90's during the day. I'm still amazed.

 

[pb10point]

It is a walleye. Saugeye have markings on them like sauger.