I think the OP also likes Walleye as a desired species, so what will he/they get with Saugeye, relatively?
Saugeye is a cross between Walleye and Sauger? And does not get as big as Walleye?
Now that we've used them within the state for 28 years I posed the question this am to my Reg 1 Bio about which he would prefer..His personal opinion is he would rather have SAE than WAE because of growth rates and total recruitment.
The further you get from absolutely perfect water conditions, the better the SAE do in comparison.
We have trouble in KS with rule enforcement because even Game Wardens have a hard time telling them apart.
As for size, most large WAE come from large impoundments, SAE, not the case, they seem to continue to grow as long as they have the right forage regardless of pond/lake size.
