Saugeye
Saugeye have a slender body, gray to dark silver or yellowish brown sides, with dark blotches that extend below the lateral line. with black mottling marks on body; black color between dorsal fins, May have white on lower margin of their tail.
About This Species
This hybrid of walleye and sauger has been stocked into reservoirs throughout the eastern plains of Colorado since the 1980s. Saugeye can be distinguished from walleyes by black mottling marks on their bodies, tails that do not have a white tip and black pigmentation in between dorsal spines. Saugeye don’t grow as big as walleye, but are just as tasty. Anglers have luck catching saugeye by trolling live bait or slowly retrieving jigs over bottom humps and points.