With intermediates being stocked, recruitment will be much higher than walleye, a lot of things come into play there, predator base present, etc..
Thriving populations are reported in 2 Tx impoundments, several Ok locations but the fact we have good success in shallow ponds/lakes that WAE won't survive in says quite a bit.

Crappie were the first we noticed a change in structure with and wasn't expecting that. They began using them to thin crappie and found later that BG size was increasing as well.

Also are used as just additional fishing opportunity in some cases due to growth rates and meat flavor. Most folks holding a saugeye can't tell it's not a walleye untill you point a few things out.