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bwcasolo

09/07/2019 07:09AM

I caught this on our houseboat cruise. I released this fish, too pretty to fillet.

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x2jmorris

09/07/2019 07:30AM

Nothing is too pretty to fillet

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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AdamXChicago

09/07/2019 10:59AM

Nice! Here's a side-by-side photo

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cowdoc

09/07/2019 12:02PM

I don't know if it's lighting, angle or glare, but I don't consider any of those to be Blue walleyes. When you see a blue one.....you know it.

"What could happen?"

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bobbernumber3

09/07/2019 04:38PM

cowdoc: "I don't know if it's lighting, angle or glare, but I don't consider any of those to be Blue walleyes. When you see a blue one.....you know it. "

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MichiganMan

09/07/2019 09:33PM

Here's pics from two walleye caught consecutively on Kenny Lake in the Q, about five minutes apart. One had the blue tint and the other was classic Canadian gold.

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walleyevision

09/07/2019 11:14PM

Looks like a blue to me!

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bwcasolo

09/08/2019 06:09AM

picture doe's not do justice to the amount of blue on it. voyageurs guides said they were catching a few blue's in that area.
they confirmed by picture-it was a blue.

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cowdoc

09/08/2019 07:37AM

Re-examining the pic......I do see some blue pigmenting coming through the tail. Looks like a guess you had to be there moment to get the full effect. Nice fish.

"What could happen?"

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AmarilloJim

09/09/2019 01:30PM

INFO

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CrazyLoon

09/09/2019 04:24PM

Thanks for that article Amarillo.. Interesting read.

“...only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and heard.” ? Sigurd F. Olson, Listening Point

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Zwater

09/09/2019 07:15PM

There is a lake outside of the BWCA that has blue walleyes. TGO told my buddy and I about it. Splake, too. We put them in a bucket of snow. We ice fished the lake. The snow in the bucket was blue by the time we got back to my buddies cabin. I had pics, but lost that phone:(

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MichiganMan

09/09/2019 10:04PM

I have also seen yellow perch with the same blue pigment in several northwestern Michigan lakes.

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user0317

09/10/2019 10:05AM

Blue walleye from Steel lake

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FishGeek01

09/25/2019 03:54PM

Basswood river

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WalleyeHunter24

09/27/2019 12:12PM

+1 (you definitely know when it's a Blue Walleye)

bobbernumber3: "
cowdoc: "I don't know if it's lighting, angle or glare, but I don't consider any of those to be Blue walleyes. When you see a blue one.....you know it. "

+1"

Preserve the integrity and beauty of our natural world. Leave no trace...

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Savage Voyageur

09/28/2019 07:52AM

Those are some beautiful fish. I hope to catch one someday.

"So many lakes, so little time." WWJD

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joshawes

01/13/2020 08:24PM

I caught one in 2015 that had some blue pigment.

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joshawes

01/13/2020 08:25PM

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Wables

01/13/2020 10:31PM

I’ve caught many blues on Kawnipi. They taste the same to me as the gold ones.

"Hold on, I think I can get in without getting my feet wet."....SPLASH...

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CampSR

01/15/2020 01:26PM

FishGeek01: "

Basswood river "

Wow!

you cant get where you want to go if you never take the first step...

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mutz

01/15/2020 09:37PM

There is no question when you catch one, it’s blue. Once the skin is off and they are on your plate there is no difference.

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Zwater

01/15/2020 10:40PM

mutz: "There is no question when you catch one, it’s blue. Once the skin is off and they are on your plate there is no difference."

Exactly. Some of these pics aren't blue walleyes. Nice fish, though.
Blue walleyes have a blue slime to them. There is a lake just outside the BWCA where my buddies and I have caught them.

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Zwater