So the previous night throwing a plug for three hours yielded nothing, but tonight was a different story. The water had a stain to it and that seemed to make all the difference. The very first cast, the very first, produced a 17 inch walleye on a bubblegum twister. Next up was a 20 incher that I swear was blue in colour (see pic) and please don't start with the "blue pickeral" conspiracy theories from years gone by lol!!!! But the colouration did take me back I must admit. Also coming to net tonight was a 14 inch largemouth, a 17 inch smallmouth and some nice white crappies. I do love freshwater drum! Post spawn fish have been up to 28 inches in length. They nail the jig or plug and give a good account of themselves on my ultralight gear. Lot of fun! Have a safe, fun fishing weekend, people!
Tonight's action on Chippawa Creek
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FishingNoob
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Nice fish! What is the blue pickerel theory?
grubman
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Great catches Dugger! Drum gives a great fight on light line. Most people think of them as trash fish but when you get a 6lb and up lots of fun.
Noob, there used to be two types of walleyes, blues have not been seen in a while and some believe that they are either extinct or have bred with the yellow walleyes.
Noob, there used to be two types of walleyes, blues have not been seen in a while and some believe that they are either extinct or have bred with the yellow walleyes.
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Blair
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Nice Catches!
Going back for round 2 paid off.
I have never caught a blue walleye.
Another guy just caught one down in Niagara the other day. I saw this link posted about them:
French: Doré bleu
Nipissing Ojibway: zhaw shk gahns
Status: Extinct- Local Inconclusive
Other Name: blue pickerel
Description: Most evidence, including genetic tests, suggests that the Lake Nipissing blue walleye is a color morph of the yellow walleye (Sander vitreus). However, even W.B.Scott and E.J. Crossman, two of the foremost authorities on freshwater fishes in North America, state that the grey-blue walleyes seen regularly in Lake Nipissing cannot be denied nor proven to be blue walleyes based on their observations.
Grey-colored walleyes, which are the result of bluish color mucus, occur with varying frequency in most yellow walleye populations. Individuals of a slightly bluer color occur in Lake Nipissing. The known blue walleyes of Lake Erie & Ontario were distinguishable from most grey-blue forms, in that they were more slate-blue or steel-blue on the dorsal surface, ice-blue to silvery on the sides and silvery to white on the ventral surface. The pelvic fins were white. In the mid 1900s, the blue walleyes of Lake Nipissing were distinctive enough from yellows in the lake to have different fishing catch limits (An angler could catch 35 blue walleye in one day, but only 6 yellow walleye per day).
At the turn of the century (1900), the walleye of Lake Nipissing were almost all blue in color. However, this stock was fished until depleted by a commercial gill net fishery started after World War I to provide food and employment after the war. Once this fishery was closed, efforts turned to replenishing the stock, and a faster-growing yellow strain of walleye from southern Ontario was introduced into the lake. This new yellow strain apparently naturalized in the lake, becoming a self-sustaining population. The yellow walleye and the blue walleye can and did interbreed, likely rendering whatever pure blue stock existed in Lake Nipissing very rare and possibly extinct. To date, all genetic tests of Lake Nipissing blue walleyes have resulted in identical genes to yellow walleye. However, every year a few very distinct blue-colored walleye are caught in Lake Nipissing, which keeps alive the mystery of whether or not true blue walleye still exist.
If you see a walleye with very blue eyes, it should be returned to the water.
Compiled by: Richard Rowe Nipissing First Nation
Not to bring in an "old Debate" - but I wonder do they also call them: Blue Pickrel?
lol ... I just noticed in the Article that they do call them: BLUE PICKERAL!
Going back for round 2 paid off.
I have never caught a blue walleye.
Another guy just caught one down in Niagara the other day. I saw this link posted about them:
Blue Walleye
Scientific: Sander vitreus glaucum MitchillFrench: Doré bleu
Nipissing Ojibway: zhaw shk gahns
Status: Extinct- Local Inconclusive
Other Name: blue pickerel
Description: Most evidence, including genetic tests, suggests that the Lake Nipissing blue walleye is a color morph of the yellow walleye (Sander vitreus). However, even W.B.Scott and E.J. Crossman, two of the foremost authorities on freshwater fishes in North America, state that the grey-blue walleyes seen regularly in Lake Nipissing cannot be denied nor proven to be blue walleyes based on their observations.
Grey-colored walleyes, which are the result of bluish color mucus, occur with varying frequency in most yellow walleye populations. Individuals of a slightly bluer color occur in Lake Nipissing. The known blue walleyes of Lake Erie & Ontario were distinguishable from most grey-blue forms, in that they were more slate-blue or steel-blue on the dorsal surface, ice-blue to silvery on the sides and silvery to white on the ventral surface. The pelvic fins were white. In the mid 1900s, the blue walleyes of Lake Nipissing were distinctive enough from yellows in the lake to have different fishing catch limits (An angler could catch 35 blue walleye in one day, but only 6 yellow walleye per day).
At the turn of the century (1900), the walleye of Lake Nipissing were almost all blue in color. However, this stock was fished until depleted by a commercial gill net fishery started after World War I to provide food and employment after the war. Once this fishery was closed, efforts turned to replenishing the stock, and a faster-growing yellow strain of walleye from southern Ontario was introduced into the lake. This new yellow strain apparently naturalized in the lake, becoming a self-sustaining population. The yellow walleye and the blue walleye can and did interbreed, likely rendering whatever pure blue stock existed in Lake Nipissing very rare and possibly extinct. To date, all genetic tests of Lake Nipissing blue walleyes have resulted in identical genes to yellow walleye. However, every year a few very distinct blue-colored walleye are caught in Lake Nipissing, which keeps alive the mystery of whether or not true blue walleye still exist.
If you see a walleye with very blue eyes, it should be returned to the water.
Compiled by: Richard Rowe Nipissing First Nation
Not to bring in an "old Debate" - but I wonder do they also call them: Blue Pickrel?
lol ... I just noticed in the Article that they do call them: BLUE PICKERAL!
very cool, Blair thank you! I recall back in the 90s American natural resource agencies were offering a bounty for a blue pickerel. It was eventually collected by a guy in Ohio who had caught one in the early 70s and he happened to still have it in his freezer!
