Catfish_1 is a Fisheries Biologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, with twenty years of field experience. In my opinion, his identification of this particular fish was correct. It looks like there is a white spot on the tail in this picture, but the fish didn't have a white spot on its tail. I took a bunch of pictures of this fish, since it was his first sauger. I think that the white coloration you are seeing in this picture is a reflection of the sun, which was behind me when the picture was taken. In photography, white points can appear whenever direct sunlight shines on a reflective surface. I can assure you that this is a sauger, much like the other ten saugers we caught together that day at Scumfoot.
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smurph
Sun, 11/10/2013 - 18:43
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okay thanks for the info!
okay thanks for the info!
Corey
Sat, 10/26/2013 - 21:19
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Sauger
Catfish_1 is a Fisheries Biologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, with twenty years of field experience. In my opinion, his identification of this particular fish was correct. It looks like there is a white spot on the tail in this picture, but the fish didn't have a white spot on its tail. I took a bunch of pictures of this fish, since it was his first sauger. I think that the white coloration you are seeing in this picture is a reflection of the sun, which was behind me when the picture was taken. In photography, white points can appear whenever direct sunlight shines on a reflective surface. I can assure you that this is a sauger, much like the other ten saugers we caught together that day at Scumfoot.
MNbowfinangler
Sat, 10/26/2013 - 21:32
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Pure sauger generally do have
Pure sauger generally do have some white on the lower edge of the caudal fin anyway, as in this example photograph (from Ohio DNR):
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