Blue Walleye

Has anyone ever seen or caught any blue walleye around Erie or PA??  This one is from the French River in Canada, and is most likely a genetic mutation in a yellow walleye.



Some more info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_walleye

If that's a blue pike, its a TOAD!
 
Next time you get one, run it over to Walnut and see if the PFBC wants to test genetics.  I believe that there is actually a reward out there for a blue pike as well!

Blue pike are non exhistant to back up Storm Warning....A walleye can have different color for different reason...

You can catch fish that are darker or lighter than others or have a different coloration about them but i wouldnt think its a blue pike...Ive caught many fish with a Blueish scheme to them...Some fish with the white belly, some with yellow belly....Some walleye take on a whiteish color instead of yellow to their scales that make them almost appear blue in color...but not a blue pike....Im not doubting a strand of DNA passed down could make a fish a different color, but its not a mutation...

Water clarity has alot to do with a fishes color as well...Fish in darker waters will generally be darker almost black in color.  Fish in lighter waters will be lighter...its a form of adaptation to the envoronment that makes them better predators...Erie walleyes are generally light due to the water clarity this fish could be a step ahead or possibly a step behind in the adaptation chain...

Next time you walk pass another person look at them...i bet you wont see too many who look exactly like you...A fish really isnt too much different...

Blue pike were a lot smaller, too . Anything over 2 pounds was very big.
Have you seen the guy making the rounds on TV with the blue skin ? He has some kind of drug reaction; he's been bright blue for a few years.

Good read CB

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Blue pike are non exhistant to back up Storm Warning....A walleye can have different color for different reason...

You can catch fish that are darker or lighter than others or have a different coloration about them but i wouldnt think its a blue pike...Ive caught many fish with a Blueish scheme to them...Some fish with the white belly, some with yellow belly....Some walleye take on a whiteish color instead of yellow to their scales that make them almost appear blue in color...but not a blue pike....Im not doubting a strand of DNA passed down could make a fish a different color, but its not a mutation...

Water clarity has alot to do with a fishes color as well...Fish in darker waters will generally be darker almost black in color.  Fish in lighter waters will be lighter...its a form of adaptation to the envoronment that makes them better predators...Erie walleyes are generally light due to the water clarity this fish could be a step ahead or possibly a step behind in the adaptation chain...

Next time you walk pass another person look at them...i bet you wont see too many who look exactly like you...A fish really isnt too much different...

I remember the blue pike, I was in my early teens when my dad and other members of my family would go out on a party boat at night and fish for them. Most were small(10 to 14 inches) but man we would catch a bunch of them. Don't know what the limit was but I remember bringing buckets of them back to my uncles in Linesville and spending half the next day cleaning them. Back then they seemed as plentifull as the perch do today. It was on one of those party boats at night that I had my first experience with sea-sickness. That night I chummed the fish most of trip.

never seen one would be nice to see one in person.

I commercial fished Georgian Bay Lake Huron in the 70s and we would catch mayby one Blue eye per year. I also saw a blue crawfish in a spring run in Clarion Co. Pa. I am told that in Tomogamy Lake in Canada over half of the eyes are the blue variation.

Interesting article....thanks for sharing.

Ive caught some blue bellyed bows in kinzuey creek a couple of seasons back. Cool lookin fish I wish I had some pics.

It's a walleye for sure! Neat pics!!

Viz- Yeah that sure is Bill Commando, he was guiding some people for the week and they got the eye, and Lunge is getting it mounted for display there.  I'm more of a musky fisherman than walleye, and we get up to Lunge for the musky opener in late June-early July.  I think Mike and Todd do a pretty good job takin care of their guests, and between the food, fishing, and scenery it's really a blast.