Author Topic: 10 lb walleye, No eggs...pics (Read 4341 times)

nypike · « **on:** Feb 07, 2013, 12:00 PM »

just cleaned the 10lber my buddy caught yesterday and no eggs in it... very surprising. What would usually be egg sacks were white meaty, kinda fleshy looking sacks. And no its not a male, I know what milt sacks look like. Any ideas on this. Past its prime, sterile?? should I eat this fish??

o2rmk800 · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 12:03 PM »

looks like a old dried up cow.

hunt4perch · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 12:30 PM »

You should not fillet a fish with a chainsaw

Moonshine mike · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 12:51 PM »

Old walleye big time

BudMan · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 01:09 PM »

I have never seen guts like that before.

JosephLoor · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 01:36 PM »

yeah looks old

xxxbeer247 · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 01:38 PM »

I cleaned a white pech this past weekend that looked identical inside and it was a fat female as well

bigredonice · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 01:56 PM »

it looks like there was a blood clot in there. My guess is that its a female that either didn't spawn last year and for some reason didn't reabsorb the eggs, didn't spawn due to an injury, or due to age/mineral deficiency no longer has viable gonads, and just has a large fatty mass where the eggs would be produced.

perchslammer · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 02:23 PM »

not sure but nice eye

ejp419 · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 02:28 PM »

Ummmm, I think I'd eat it....

Oldtimer · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 02:32 PM »

Do what you want but if you throw it away, tell me where you put it....

Jigger Don · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 03:13 PM »

Nice catch

Walnut109 · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 04:47 PM »

Nice 'eye. Looks to me to be a sterile female. Enjoy the fish fry!

TommyBoy1971 · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 05:07 PM »

Jerk it and smoke it!

Teo · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 07, 2013, 05:09 PM »

I would eat it, Healthy fish, nice work!

octanehi5 · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 08, 2013, 07:21 AM »

Old fish that big do not reproduce that well some do some do not,Average size fish caught at the hatchery on Oneida are from16-24" under 5 lbs. the main size that reproduce very well. As far as eating that fish it looks fine, it will not be the best tasting walleye,Most fish under 5lbs are the best eaters.That being said Nice trophy fish in anyones book.

Eaglecrg · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 08, 2013, 07:41 AM »

That almost looks like fat deposits. I think you should eat it and let us know if there are any side effects.

nypike · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 08, 2013, 07:55 AM »

Quote from: octanehi5 on Feb 08, 2013, 07:21 AM

Old fish that big do not reproduce that well some do some do not,Average size fish caught at the hatchery on Oneida are from16-24" under 5 lbs. the main size that reproduce very well. As far as eating that fish it looks fine, it will not be the best tasting walleye,Most fish under 5lbs are the best eaters.That being said Nice trophy fish in anyones book.

I agree smaller eyes taste better with out a doubt!! I didnt catch this fish or I would have mounted it for sure. Unfortunately the fish was hooked deep and bleeding badly and it was also about 5 degrees out with a stiff 15mph wind. I dont believe the fish would have made it. on the bright side i was kinda relieved to see no eggs in it when i cleaned it, at least it was a fish that obviously wasnt going to spawn..

SNAGGER · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 08, 2013, 08:03 AM »

That fat is in all my eyes, except late spring and early summer... fat reserves... probably too old, I get eyes all the time that are empty...

TheWasp74 · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 08, 2013, 10:55 AM »

Nice catch either way

jsmex · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 08, 2013, 04:01 PM »

How do you know it's not a boy. It's not spawning season so the sperm is firm...hey that rhymes

IceNeck9292 · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 08, 2013, 04:42 PM »

That's crazy

deadsmelthead · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 08, 2013, 04:47 PM »

Ive heard that once females get around that size their spawning days are pretty much spent..

That said, goes to show you that the "releasing them so they spread their genes" belief can be shot down...

My uncle was a fisheries biologist for the DEC for 25+ years he always said the medium size fish do all the most productive spawning, pretty much across the board for most species..

reddog11 · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 08, 2013, 09:03 PM »

Nice eye

adkmtnman76 · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 09, 2013, 07:52 AM »

yea we catch them bigger than that in there and they've had eggs

coldfish · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 09, 2013, 09:50 AM »

nice eye

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