24 year old walleye out of Sakakawea

gone_fishing · Feb 13, 2018

Game and Fish video on aging fish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HiwQQH_77w

Fishmission · Feb 13, 2018

24 years.
It went through some real crappy drought years and somehow made it. Amazing

guywhofishes · Feb 13, 2018

Fishmission said:
24 years.
It went through some real crappy drought years and somehow made it. Amazing

well it lived in the water - so....

Wallike · Feb 13, 2018

It would be interesting to see how far the ol'guy wandered in his 24 years.

Davey Crockett · Feb 13, 2018

Did he say 20'' and 4.5 pounds ? It sounded like he said 28 first then corrected to 20. It must have been skinny as a rail.

Fishmission · Feb 13, 2018

guywhofishes said:
well it lived in the water - so....

you’re right skateboardinghippydude. I may devote my season to that age class

JayKay · Feb 13, 2018

guywhofishes said:
well it lived in the water - so....

This is some FINE smart-assery.. I like it.

fly2cast · Feb 13, 2018

Glad they got that fish out of the system. It's contributing small fish to the gene pool. I would have expected a much larger fish for that age.

Magpie · Feb 13, 2018

He checked the age of 600 walleyes by removing their ear bones. Does that mean there are 600 deaf walleyes swimming in Lake Sakakawea?

Captain Ahab · Feb 13, 2018

Davey Crockett said:
Did he say 20'' and 4.5 pounds ? It sounded like he said 28 first then corrected to 20. It must have been skinny as a rail.

A 4.5 lb 20" fish would be built like a cheese wheel.

JayKay · Feb 13, 2018

Magpie said:
He checked the age of 600 walleyes by removing their ear bones. Does that mean there are 600 deaf walleyes swimming in Lake Sakakawea?

Stick your head in the water, and from all sides, you hear these tiny cries of "what? What? WHAT?"..

camoman · Feb 13, 2018

Magpie said:
He checked the age of 600 walleyes by removing their ear bones. Does that mean there are 600 deaf walleyes swimming in Lake Sakakawea?

Means there are 600 fewer fish in the lake

Davey Crockett · Feb 13, 2018

Captain Ahab said:
A 4.5 lb 20" fish would be built like a cheese wheel.

But it seems hard to believe a 20 year old walleye would only be 20''

Captain Ahab · Feb 13, 2018

Davey Crockett said:
But it seems hard to believe a 20 year old walleye would only be 20''

Probably poor growth conditions most of it's life and the genes of Danny DeVito.

Lungdeflator · Feb 13, 2018

Magpie said:
He checked the age of 600 walleyes by removing their ear bones. Does that mean there are 600 deaf walleyes swimming in Lake Sakakawea?

Damnit so much for buckshots and rippin raps.

guywhofishes · Feb 13, 2018

Our G&F needs to get out of the stone ages. When are they going to get serious, get some choppers/airplanes in the air, and do some real walleye population surveys?

~KDM

BBQBluesMan · Feb 13, 2018

Submarines!

701FishSlayer · Feb 13, 2018

Taste like a rubber boot I spose huh. Can't imagine it ages like a fine wine lol.

sdwxman · Feb 13, 2018

And we need to send a paper survey to EVERY fishermen to have an accurate accounting of "year classes" caught.

guywhofishes said:
Our G&F needs to get out of the stone ages. When are they going to get serious, get some choppers/airplanes in the air, and do some real walleye population surveys?

~KDM

Kurtr · Feb 13, 2018

guywhofishes said:
Our G&F needs to get out of the stone ages. When are they going to get serious, get some choppers/airplanes in the air, and do some real walleye population surveys?

~KDM

That is how they do it on Erie. You can see schools of walleye migrating

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