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Walleye Versus Sauger Identification

Walleye Versus Sauger Identification
The two most obvious differences between walleye and sauger is that a sauger doesn’t have a obvious white tipped tail and also has many black specks or dots on it’s dorsal fin. You can spot these differences on the charts below.

 

 

When fishing waters that have both walleyes and sauger in most cases sauger will be in the vicinity of walleyes if deeper water is available. Generaly speaking walleyes will be in 3′ to 15′ of water while saugers will be in 15′ to 40′ of water. Sauger will also hold in much stronger currents than walleye will. When fishing for sauger and walleye in the spring an angler should also note that sauger also spawn before walleyes starting when the water temperature reaches 40-45 degrees while walleyes will spawn at 45-50 degrees.

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