The sauger, sometimes called the "sand pike," is a relative of the walleye. This fish is often mistaken for a walleye. You can tell the difference by looking at the dorsal (top) fin. The sauger has spots in this fin and the walleye doesn't.
Sauger are long and thin, with dark backs, brassy sides, dark spots, and a pale belly. They have a forked tail with a pale streak on the bottom edge. Some sauger have a black spot on their body near where pectoral fin attaches.
Needle-nose fisherman’s pliers will be helpful to remove hooks from a mouth full of teeth. During high flows, sauger tend to stay out of strong current. During high flows at lock and dam tailwaters, sauger move out of strong current behind the lock walls and on the slack water shoreline behind the lock. They will also concentrate near shore along rip rap, trees and other woody debris. During low flows, sauger tend to move off shore to deeper flats. Deeper water along lock walls also holds fish at low flow. Remember, as water temperature increases by May, sauger disperse away from the tailwaters and move “down pool” to confluences, tributary streams and islands. Lower water temperatures in the fall, winter and early spring concentrate sauger at the tailwaters and near shore (<12 feet). Check for near shore movement to shallower water at dawn, dusk and after dark. Daytime angling, especially in clear water, should be in deeper water. Sauger will move in shallow during the day in muddy conditions; however, the best fishing near shore is at night and 30 minutes after sunrise and 30 minutes before sunset.
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