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Walleye Fish at it's finest!
With Gangler's, you're ensured of some of the world's greatest fisheries backed by a hard-earned reputation for outfitting excellence.
If you've never been this far north, we assure you that the experience of seeing the terrain change below as you fly over the province is something you'll never forget. Lush green grows sparse, lakes dominate the landscape and roads disappear altogether. Your destination, the North Seal River System of northern Manitoba, is born of a series of 12 glacier-carved waterways that merge to form over 100 lakes. That's 7,200 square miles of continuous watershed-home to uncountable trophy pike, walleye, arctic grayling and lake trout.
Walleyes grow to about 75 cm (30 in) in length, and weigh up to about 7 kg (15 lb). The maximum recorded size for the fish is 107 cm (42 in) in length and 11.3 kg (25 lb) in weight. The growth rate depends partly on where in their range they occur, with southern populations often growing faster and larger. In general, females grow larger than males. Walleyes may live for decades; the maximum recorded age is 29 years. In heavily fished populations, however, few walleye older than 5 or 6 years of age are encountered.
Walleyes are largely olive and gold in colour (hence the French common name: doré -- golden). The dorsal side of a walleye is olive, grading into a golden hue on the flanks. The olive/gold pattern is broken up by five darker saddles that extend to the upper sides. The colour shades to white on the belly. The mouth of a walleye is large and is armed with many sharp teeth. The first dorsal and anal fins are spinous as is the operculum. Walleyes are distinguished from their close cousin the sauger by the white colouration on the lower lobe of the tail.
The walleye is a relatively r-selected species. They require fairly clean waters and are found most often in deep mesotrophic lakes and moderate- to low-gradient rivers. The walleye is considered a "cool water" species.
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