LOW walleye/sauger limits in the winter

[jiggin9]

Can anyone shed some light on the winter limits for both walleye and sauger? It reads in the regulations that the limit is 8 with no more than 4 being walleyes. Does that mean more than 4 can be saugers? I thought it was 4 and 4 per person. I know the regulations change from summer to winter. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[littlemikey]

Jiggin - the limit is 8 total but not more than 4 of them can be walleyes. you can have all 8 saugers if you want (or in our case the last time- if thats all you catch)!

[jiggin9]

Thanks littlemikey. Most of the time we have problems catching our limit of saugers, not the other way around. Yesterday we caught 4 eyes compared to 50+ saugers. Oh well, lesson learned I guess! Maybe Curt will cover this one day on NCOR with the sauger bite being pretty good lately.

[littlemikey]

yeah the sauger bite has been very good this year. We were up there couple weekends ago and on sunday couldn't keep them off our line, but we couldn't buy a walleye. We were in about 27 fow at the time and sounds now like we should have been even deeper to find the eyes. On the plus side we caught limits of saugers and everything we kept was between 14 and 16 inches so you cant complain too much about that!

[only ice]

No you cant!

[CoorsCaptain]

If you do keep more than 4, to be legal you can only gut and gill them. Or have the resort clean and package them for you and tag them as such.

[Maker Of Shoe]

Is there a possession limit up there? We are heading up in like 2 weeks and want to bring some fish back. I know in south dakota your possession limit is double of your daily. Not sure what it is in minnesota. Thanks in advance!

[soldoncass]

Perch possession limit is double the (daily)limit.....all other species possession is the same as limit (NOT DOUBLE). Google the Mn dnr and read the fishing regulations before you come.

[SchrodenMN]

Can you eat your days catch while still on the lake on LOW and still be legal. Thanks for the info...

[curt quesnell]

ou can eat them but you must save the Walleye carcass in tact for measuring. It is still your limit you cannot replace eaten fish.

[SchrodenMN]

Thanks for the info, hope to snag a meal or two as we go throughout the trip

[grasshopper]

No u can't what? can have 8 saugers, but only 4 eyes.

[WhiskeyPete]

I think he meant, "you can't complain".

[grasshopper]

ok, my mistake.

[Dry_Fly]

ou can eat them but you must save the Walleye carcass in tact for measuring. It is still your limit you cannot replace eaten fish.

You are correct but you can catch your limit again the next day if you have eat them the day before. You would want to take your carcass to shore or have a guide take them back for you each day.

[Dry_Fly]

No u can't what? can have 8 saugers, but only 4 eyes.

you can have 8 Sauger or 4 Walleye and 4 Sauger with a total not more than 8 fish each. No more than 4 walleye for your limit with none between 19.5" to 28" must be released. You can keep 1 over 28" but it would be part of the 4 limit on Walleyes.

[SrBrits]

and also remember,

fully dressed sauger count as walleye,so don't clean all of your sauger for the trip home unless they can be identified as sauger(dorsal fin intact to fillets), some people just cut off the head and gut them for travel.

[CANOPY SAM]

I seem to recall that you can't allow the carcass to freeze - even if the fillets have been eaten. Is this accurate? Something about the CO's ability to properly measure the fish?

[Dry_Fly]

I believe you are correct. I know you are not suppose to throw your fish out on the ice to freeze because of this CO's ability to properly measure the fish when it's real close to the slot. I guess freezing will shrink the fish some. Just another thing slots have brought about. But slots are good for preserving fishing for future generations. I wish they would adopt a standard slot every lake seems to be a bit different.