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Quick question for you Coloradans.
I have only lived in Colorado for 2 years....came from Arizona.
I have never caught Walleye before. I had never caught trout before coming here and now am quite proficient at the different types of fishing here in Colorado to catch many different trout species....
That being said...I am going to Canada in June to go Walleye and Pike fishing for 1 week. Are the walleye that I read about you guys catching here in Colorado the same "taste-wise" as the Walleye I will catch in Eastern Canada? Or does the extreme cold water in Canada change the texture and firmness of the fish?
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Most excilent question...
there is a lot to be said about a fish that is caught in cold water,,, I prefer it....
the water temps in colorado are vary much the same as in canida. The altitude in CO makes the water colder. CO gets by far more snow and it comes earlier and stays later than in the walleye state of michigan where I live.
to cut my yammerin short, you can count on them being vary much the same in taist and texture... Walleye are Hybreds and have been planted all over noth america.... there is some varing in color depending where you catch them but that is about the only differance....
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There will probably not be too much difference in taste in Walleye in the 2 areas. Alot of it does depend on altitude, the higher the altitude the colder the water. and in my opinion colder water produces better tasting fish. as for climate depending on what part of Colorado you are in it can be moderate to very hot.
Here in Utah there is some reservoirs that i prefer eating walleyes in the cooler months, like winter and spring, cause the water vegitation that grows in warmer months can leave a mossy lake water affect on the fish. (more so with trout)
I would imagine when you go to Canada you will find they taste the same as you are used too, or even better!!!!
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Walleyes are hybrid???
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[crazy] No, walleyes aren't hybrids. Could dtc have been thinking about saugeyes? They are hybrids. As for our Colorado walleye lakes, most can be classed as plains lakes with water temps that can get very, very warm. Hence the recent emphasis on planting saugeyes. The exceptions are primarily Carter, Horsetooth, Trinidad, and Pueblo which probably stay a little cooler than the others.
All that being said, warm water, cold water, -- I never met a walleye I didn't like!!!
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Hybreds come from when biologist cross a couple closely related,
As a result biologist have been able to come up with strains of fish, chickens, rabits, cows, and so on. Thus acheiving animals who can reach desireable sizes in shorter peirods of time making them a highly productive and is the sport fishing industry most desireable.
Wipers aka stripers are another species that is a hibred, there is a blue gill hybred grown in aplation areas.
there are also other species that naturaly become hybreds on their own. one of the most saut after hybred is the Tiger Musky. the tiger musky naturaly acures in waters where both northern pike and Musky reside. they spawn in the same places. Biologist are doing their best to breed a species of tiger musky that will reproduce. As it is now tiger musky are born steril.
as for the comments to the the other species being a hybred insted of the walleye, I could have gotten my sorce mixed up. (been a while since I reveiwed my materials)
of the eye species, there are the sauger, saugeye, walleye, mooneye.... there may be more that I am not aware of....
as he also stated, I too have yet to taist a bad one..
I fish out of waters that reach 75 to 80 degrees... Lake st Clair depest hole is the dreaged shipping lane which runs about 30 feet, the rest of the lake runs from 12 - 25 feet.
this is why I say the waters in colorado are colder than the waters I fish...
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