mike rousseau Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 i phoned the MNR last week to report a sauger that i had caught in an area where they were thought to be extinct since 1968... i wasnt sure if this was information that was important or not... i guess it was i just got off the phone with the MNR and the woman i talked to has never had a report of a sauger in this area... and she used to actually do the netting surveys herself... she kinda didnt believe me that it was a sauger... so i emailed her a picture along with any information i had about the catch... hopefully the information provided will help someone and their research... either way it was nice to hear back from them... heres the pick again if you missed it in the report... 19 inches
asdve23rveavwa Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 Sure looks like a sauger to me Yupper, no white tip on the tail. Love the markings on it!!
Rod Caster Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 Desert storm walleye! Good stuff Mike. Definitly a good piece of information for the MNR.
Roy Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 It's hard to believe that there wouldn't be any saugers at all out your way. There's tons here and it's a straight 50 mile run. But stranger things have been seen. Most waters linked to the St Lawrence hold sauger and St Francis IS the St Lawrence. Strange.
mike rousseau Posted February 6, 2012 Author Report Posted February 6, 2012 It's hard to believe that there wouldn't be any saugers at all out your way. There's tons here and it's a straight 50 mile run. But stranger things have been seen. Most waters linked to the St Lawrence hold sauger and St Francis IS the St Lawrence. Strange. thats what i was thinking... but after i caught him... i did some research... sauger are more light sensitive then walleye... so they prefer deeper and or darker water... if im not mistaken roy... your area of the larry has some dirty water due to the ottawa river dumping in... our tribs to the larry are more like creeks... very small and not enough volume of water to color the surrounding gin clear waters... unless we get crazy amounts of rain for extended periods of time...
Dozer Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 Mike, you just ate the last one!!!! Beat me to it.
bucktail Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 If you dont mind, where did you catch it?
denisk Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 Those are one of my favorite fish to catch, did you notice how strong they close there mouths it's like their whole head locks down.
capt bruce Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 Mike, you just ate the last one!!!! Bet in didnt taste as good as dodo or Giant Ground Sloth more like a Yellowfin cutthroat trout ,
mercman Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 Mike, you just ate the last one!!!! I asked him what "extinct" tasted like
FieroLuke Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 I asked him what "extinct" tasted like LMAO, nice
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