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It is a North American close relative of the European zander, also known as the pikeperch. 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.
There’s probably been no better time to catch walleyes in Lake Erie or the Three Rivers of Pittsburgh than this year and into 2025. “Fishing this year was absolutely phenomenal. One of the ...
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 ...
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission fine tuned its walleye stocking program to help anglers catch more fish. Here's how.
Sep. 8—DEVILS LAKE — Fisheries crews for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department in Devils Lake also sample Lake Irvine and Stump Lake every summer to keep tabs on fish populations. Both are ...
In the 1970s and 1980s, as pollution in the lake declined, counts of walleyes which were caught grew from 112,000 in 1975 to 4.1 million in 1985, with estimates of the numbers of walleyes in the lake at around 33 million in the basin, with many of 8 pounds (3.6 kg) or more. [114] Not all walleyes thrived.
* 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 ...