Many of Ohio’s inland lakes that were once stocked with walleyes today have more saugeyes swimming in their waters.
The theory is that the sauger-walleye hybrids survive better in turbid water conditions and they can be produced relatively easily in Ohio hatcheries. Therefore, many lakes that were once stocked annually with walleyes have now been transformed into saugeye fisheries.
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