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Reply by: Walleyeone

Posted: 8/20/2012 5:27:09 PM Points: 1758

I think the depth that they're in make a difference. Water clarity and diet may figure in too.
I 'm sure one of the fish guys will let us know.

Reply by: Walleye Guy Posted: 8/20/2012 5:52:09 PM Points: 94

Dark water, dark walleye, clear light water, light walleye. Walleyes I have caught from places like the Chippewa Flowage are usually real dark, gold and brown color-oration. The water in the big Chip is dark, almost root beer color. Eyes I have caught out of lakes such as Lake of the Woods are primarily grey to silver in color. The water in LOW is very clear.

Never caught or fished for walleyes out here but I suspect the above would be true here as well

WG

Reply by: Wisconsin

Posted: 8/20/2012 8:05:36 PM Points: 152

hey walleyeguy how do you know about chip flowage

Reply by: hunter Posted: 8/21/2012 6:49:49 AM Points: 12

Saugeye maybe, they can be lighter colored.

Reply by: Walleye Guy Posted: 8/21/2012 7:14:49 AM Points: 94

I fished it for yrs, that and a lot of lakes in northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, Canada, Dakotas, etc.

Reply by: Ajax5240

Posted: 8/21/2012 9:11:31 AM Points: 105

Hunter, according to the DOW Surveys there are zero saugeye in Carter.

It was my thought as well, till I looked at the survey.

Reply by: DerekC. Posted: 8/21/2012 5:14:19 PM Points: 142

Definately not sauger. I looked up Blue walleye, but they are supposedly extinct, and the odds of me catching 2 of them are prety remote.

Reply by: jman Posted: 8/21/2012 5:37:39 PM Points: 1259

I have noticed the same it could be the different diet.
Some of the local ponds i fish that is a little lower in oxygen and murky the eyes are usually darker and other faster moving areas with more oxygen there lighter colored. Like catching eyes out of spillways most of the time they are very light silver colored.

Thats just what i have noticed all the eyes i have caught out of the spillways and waters that there always on the move most of them are more silver.

Reply by: Walleyeone

Posted: 8/21/2012 7:16:50 PM Points: 1758

I have caught different colored eyes at Carter also. They're not blue eyes though.
There are still blue eyes caught in Canada. I forget the name of the lake.

Reply by: Walleye Guy Posted: 8/22/2012 4:32:43 PM Points: 94

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Reply by: Lakeryanker Posted: 9/16/2012 9:04:16 PM Points: 4

I catch white colored eyes at Carter when trolling into muddy water off points. The majority of the eyes I catch there are the normal gold color. I think it is mostly where they are spending most of there time. They all taste the same... Awesome!!!!

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