WALLEYE

DESCRIPTION

WEIGHT

• Average 1-2lb
• Can get up to 10lb
• Has been going down every year

COLORS

• Visible- red,yellow,orange, green
• Nonvisible- brown, green, purple
• Normally green/brown with silver
• Female and male have same colors

HOW MANY YOUNG?

• Lay 100,000 eggs
• Temperature has to be cold
• Not all of the turn into fish

HABITAT

WHERE IS IT FOUND?

• Small lake or big lakes
• Streams
• In more than 1,700 lakes
• In the north
• Originated- north USA

HOW THE LIVE

• Top predators
• Motiles
• See really well

WHAT THEY EAT

• Plankton
• Yellow perch
• Crayfish
• Snail
• Little fishes

HOW LONG DO THEY LIFE?

• South 10-12 years
• North up to 20 years

INTERESTING FACTS

• The see really well
• Names after how well they see
• Can be found all over the USA
• Stae record 17lb 8oz
• MN State fish

WHY I CHOSE IT?

RESOURCES

• http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/walleye/biology.html
• http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Sander_vitreus/
• http://www.walleyecentral.com