### animal | vertebrate | fish | perch:

Walleye
* Most walleye are yellow, but occasionally a variation occurs which gives the fish a blue color
  - lakes in Wisconsin are in Northern Wisconsin
* are Minnesota's most sought- after game fish.
* are a light sensitive fish
  - structure oriented fish, most of the time
  - structure-oriented fish, most of the time
  - animals
  - cool-water fish
  - finicky
  - found in small numbers in East Rush, don t give up they are biting
  - fun fish to catch and definetly eat
  - more active at dusk and dawn
  - native to freshwater rivers and lakes of the northern United States and Canada
  - nocturnal or very low-light conditions feeders
  - one of the most popular sports fishes in North America
  - predators - formidable predators and they eat almost constantly
  - present in average numbers
  - probably short-lived as are most other surfperches
  - rare, but largemouth numbers are still at a fishable level
  - school-running and range widely over a lake
  - similar in body shape to both sauger and yellow perch
  - slow, with most fish being taken on leeches, crawlers and fat heads
  - still active, but have moved off into deeper rock bars
  - strabismus
* are the most sought after species in the flowage
  - one fish species that the right rod makes the difference
* begin eating other fish early in life.
* bite extremely light at night.
* breed naturally.
* browse along weededges, sometimes suspending to feed on schools of small panfish.
* can feed in dim light.
* continue to be caught by anglers drifting live minnows and nightcrawlers across the bottom.
* cruise the shallow sand, gravel, rocks, and emerging weeds pursuing baitfish.
* fight when hooked fairly close to the boat in warm water.
* follow schools of yellow perch.
* generally spawn in shallow water along rock and rubble shorelines and on shallow reefs.
* go into deeper, colder bodies of water that they prefer.
* grow to eye-popping sizes in Red Lake.
* have a green body texture, whereas saugers and saugeyes have brown, mottled sides
  - eyes adapted to low-light feeding
* have large canine teeth
  - eyes that appear silver or reddish due to a reflective layer in the retina
  - staring eyes
  - the ability to detect vibration using their lateral line sensory system
* hold on reefs or deeper points.
* move in from miles away in early spring to lay their eggs
  - into shallower shoreline areas at night, and many anglers do well then
  - mostly during morning and evening periods, especially early in winter
* now feed more at night and have become notably boat shy during the day.
* often feed voraciously at night
  - move shallow at night
* prefer deep water during the day and shallow waters at night
  - deeper waters, but are found in almost all but the shallowest lakes
  - hard bottom, preferably gravel or rubble
  - large, clear, cool waterbodies with gravel and sandy substrate
  - the deep water sections of large lakes, streams, and rivers
  - to feed on gizzard shad and crappie
* scatter to all areas of the lake during fall.
* seem to move to the cane to gorge for brief periods.
* spawn once a year in early spring
* start to move back into the creeks, holding over the deeper channels during the day.
* stay close to the bottom, and they don t spend a lot of energy chasing their food.
* swim in the river system year-round.
* tend to congregate near the bottoms of lakes or near ledges and drop-offs
  - feed upward, rather than down, at night
  - prefer rock or gravel bottoms, drop off areas and points
  - run larger in size, with trophy catches common
* usually prefer harder bottoms.

### animal | vertebrate | fish | perch | walleye:

Adult walleye
* are extremely sensitive to light.
* feed primarily on fish, including the young of their own species.