l2p Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 One of a few from this weekend and a first for me. Truly a beautiful fish, pics never do justice. They really are blue! http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/LICENSETOPIN/DSC04984-Edit-Edit_zps9ri1cgni.jpg~original Hope everyone had a great weekend despite the weather we had, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l2p Posted May 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 (edited) Thanks Misfish, turns out they are just a morph of a yellow walleye even though they are actually blue in color they are not the true blue walleye/pike considered to be extinct! Still a first for me! Edited May 25, 2017 by l2p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 (edited) Vaguely remember fishing Blues out of Port Colborne with dad in the late 50's. They were a smaller Sauger like fish with big eyes, never much more than a pound or two. We'd fish them not unlike the deepwater perch fishery of today as they were a colder water species than the Yellow Pickeral. They were only native to Lakes Erie, Ontario and the Niagara River, never were native to any of the inland lakes that cough up the occasional blue morph Walleye. Edit: it was funny how they were Blue Pickerel in Ontario but cross the river/border to Buffalo and they were called Blue Pike and really they were neither a pike or a pickerel. Edited May 25, 2017 by dave524 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 http://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/15/us/in-angler-s-freezer-since-62-fish-may-refute-extinction.html https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267897578_Using_Ancient_DNA_to_Solve_the_Mystery_of_the_Extinct_Blue_Pike_Sander_Vitreus_Glaucus_Hubbs More info on the blue pike if you're interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleWorm Posted May 26, 2017 Report Share Posted May 26, 2017 Beautiful fish man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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