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I was fishing Willard last night and me and the wife seen a few of these in the shallows after dark.
I was thinking baby walleye but I'm usually wrong...

There only maybe a inch to inch and a half but had really neat markings !!!

Wish I had better photos but most did not turn out and the fish where to fast to catch by hand!!!!
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I think your original guess may be correct. The coloration looks like a juvie walleye to me. The contrasting colors help them hide from their older and bigger relatives and other species in the lake.
It might also be a young yellow perch but it looks a little long and slender to be a perch. Yellow perch and walleye are both members of the perch family and share some of the same appearance characteristics.

Mike
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Thanks they was really cool looking and due to lack of luck I was just excited to see a fish....

Lots of bluegill on there beds also our there...

Again THANKS!!!
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