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 Post subject: Male vs female
PostPosted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 4:43 pm 
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How can I tell the difference between a male walleye and a female walleye, without killing it and cleaning it? (Serious replies only please. Lol)


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 Post subject: Re: Male vs female
PostPosted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:38 pm 
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Al, there is no way to determine sex without fileting them. Other than that, during or close to spawn you can tell

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 Post subject: Re: Male vs female
PostPosted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:05 am 
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I agree with shark. I have seen plenty of fish cleaned at the fish cleaning station that we thought were males and ended up having eggs in them.

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 Post subject: Male vs female
PostPosted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 3:20 pm 
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Thanks guys. I was sort of hoping that there was some sort of indicator. Just really hate to clean a female.

I guess I can stop talking dirty to them now.


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 Post subject: Re: Male vs female
PostPosted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 4:06 pm 
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Big_Al...

An interesting question for sure and more so a dilemma for anybody trying to keep males and release females or vice versa. And for the sake of a strong fishery a question deserving a serious answer.

I did some snooping on the internet after you posted and of course as previously mentioned the filet knife tells all and is how I would go. I did however find an interesting tidbit from a biologist statement: The female will have a keyhole shaped anus while the males are more round.

A theory to be tested this fall I am sure...sorry fellas I was on a few different sites and went back to find it again so I could post the link but was unable to find it, memory serves me it was a forum type thread were a biologist chimed in. The thread did have a more serious overtone which led me not to doubt the statement.

Surely we have some fish biologist types that can chime in on this forum for us...I would certainly like to hear the answer and put it to good use.

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 Post subject: Re: Male vs female
PostPosted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 5:09 pm 
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Would be great to find out for sure. I cleaned a couple of Pickies at the end of August this year from the Bay that were about 2.5 pounds, and was surprised that one of them had eggs. It would've went back for sure if I would've known.

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 Post subject: Re: Male vs female
PostPosted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 7:43 pm 
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From that website




Examine the walleye's posterior. The anus on a male is circular while the anus of a female resembles a keyhole, and the female's will become larger once it is time for her to lay eggs.

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Examine the weight of your walleye. A male will weigh less and look slimmer than a female, with a more streamlined appearance; female walleyes are rounder and plump



Read more : http://www.ehow.com/how_8539534_tell-be ... leyes.html


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 Post subject: Re: Male vs female
PostPosted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:05 am 
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Don't know if it's true or not but i've heard that walleye/trout eggs don't actually hatch during the fall?? They either don't hatch at all or they hold them all winter and hatch in the spring?

Is this right...anyone know?


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 Post subject: Male vs female
PostPosted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:47 am 
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Walleye spawn in the spring

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 Post subject: Re: Male vs female
PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:15 am 
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Yeah, i know they spawn in the spring! (So do trout)

They also carry spawn in the fall too...not sure if these one's actually hatch though?? That's what i'm asking?


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 Post subject: Male vs female
PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:22 am 
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The eggs are all spawned in spring. They take almost a year to develop

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 Post subject: Re: Male vs female
PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:35 pm 
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You can tell a female by the size of its ovaries. BATMAN 8)


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 Post subject: Re: Male vs female
PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:22 am 
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kevin67 wrote:
Yeah, i know they spawn in the spring! (So do trout)

They also carry spawn in the fall too...not sure if these one's actually hatch though?? That's what i'm asking?


most spring spawners will have their eggs in them by now, they are a lot smaller at this point but they are there.


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 Post subject: Re: Male vs female
PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 11:06 am 
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kevin67 wrote:
Yeah, i know they spawn in the spring! (So do trout)


Off topic I know, but for the record it's only rainbow trout that spawn in the spring. Lake trout, speckled trout and brown trout all spawn in the fall.

More towards the topic, the good thing about trout (salmon) is it is easy to tell male vs female by the hooked jaw of the males. So far it doesn't sound like walleye have a similar distinctive characteristic to go by.

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