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The walleye is sometimes called the yellow walleye to distinguish it from the blue walleye, which is a color morph that was once found in the southern Ontario and Quebec regions, but is now presumed extinct. [5]
Walleye (painting) Fishing for walleye is a popular sport with anglers in Canada and the Northern United States, where the fish is native.The current IGFA all tackle record is 11.34 kilograms (25 lb 0 oz), caught on August 2, 1960 in Old Hickory Lake, Tennessee.
The United States declared blue walleye an endangered species in 1967, [5] [6] [7] and extinct in 1983. [8] [6] [9] A 2014 genetic study of 1,181 preserved "historic" walleye (70 to 90 years old), blue walleye/blue pike, and modern walleye found no evidence for concluding that blue walleye/blue pike were genetically distinct from other walleye ...
* Walleye: Numbers were generally better than last year, especially for 10- to 15-inch fish. Total catch was 44.7 per net, up from the average of 25. The survey tallied 13 walleyes per net in the ...
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In fact, the agency said, walleye harvest this winter is estimated so far at nearly 8,000 pounds, almost double last year's total kill of 4,300 pounds when anglers put in far more hours on the ice.
Walleye fish are a prominent species found in South Manistique Lake. The lake was stocked in the early 1970s through the mid-1990s. After the mid-1990s, the lake began supporting natural reproduction of the walleyes. Bluegill was reported as having poor fishery due to high angler harvest as well as predators such as walleyes and other large fish.
GARRISON, Minn. — You hear it all the time about Mille Lacs: if you go there in November before the water turns to ice, the fish gods reward you with big walleyes. Muskies, too. We put those ...