The saugeye is the result of a sauger and walleye that have mated. The cross breeding often occurs in the wild. It is mostly the result of purposly mating in a fish hatchery.
A saugeye can grow larger than the sauger parent. Saugeye generally look like sauger only they have saddles and blotches. A white spot is usually located at the tip of the lower caudal fin of the saugeye.
Saugeye and sauger prefer turbid waters. You can catch a walleye sized fish when fishing for saugeye in habbitats such as large muddy rivers, and big silty reservoirs. Saugers do well only in larger lakes and reservoirs. They seem to need wide open spaces to thrive.
They both feed on other fish as well as frogs, crayfish and large insects. They will strike on live baits, fish like lures, and jigs.
A sauger can get 15 to 20 inches long weighing 3 to 5 ponds, while a saugeye can reach 36 inches and up to 17 pounds.
More info on Walleye and related species such as the saugeye and sauger at the link below:
http://fishintom.outside2.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=7B4KP6RF
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