: a pike perch (Sander canadensis) of Canada and the U.S. similar to the walleye but smaller
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In between, there’d be ample opportunity to shoot the breeze, ponder the meaning of life and burn through nightcrawlers and frozen shiners while catching a mixed bag of fish that might include walleyes, saugers, redhorse, mooneyes and suckers.
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Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
The major sport species caught by anglers here include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, bluegill, redear sunfish, catfish, white crappie, black crappie, sauger, and white bass.
—Allison Kiehl, The Tennessean, 30 June 2025
And more recently the the Winnebago system adopted a three walleye/sauger daily bag limit.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2023
Snowplows pushed ice roads to remarkable new distances last year on Lake of the Woods, accommodating what some observers see as an alarming demand for winter walleye and sauger fishing.
—Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 31 July 2021
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Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
The major sport species caught by anglers here include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, bluegill, redear sunfish, catfish, white crappie, black crappie, sauger, and white bass.
—Allison Kiehl, The Tennessean, 30 June 2025
And more recently the the Winnebago system adopted a three walleye/sauger daily bag limit.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2023
Snowplows pushed ice roads to remarkable new distances last year on Lake of the Woods, accommodating what some observers see as an alarming demand for winter walleye and sauger fishing.
—Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 31 July 2021
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“Sauger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sauger. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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