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Originally Posted by duffy4
tchow why do you say this? "However Regulations consider this under its "mother" species, the Walleye...."
Most hybirds are not fertile and so they do not reproduce. The big saugeye you caught would have been a good one to eat. It is most likely not going to spawn and add to the population of sauger or walleye. It is just a fish living in the river and eating stuff and occupying a spot that a walleye or sauger could be in. I'm sure that Fisheries Management would have no problem with any harvest of saugeyes.
I doubt if an enfocement officer would charge you for an undersized walleye as he would then have to supply proof it is a walleye (and it isn't).
I used to catch a lot of sauger in the NSR around Edm. but never looked close to see if any were saugeyes.
Nice pic by the way, of a nice fish, a happy angler and a nice section of river valley.
Robin in Rocky
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Sounds like a great idea. Leave the judgement up to a 20 year old just out of college. Then go to court to prove your innocent. Seems like the thing to do.
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