Sauger look similar to their cousin, the Walleye, but if you examine them closely you will see some color variations and other differences in spotting and patterns. Sauger can live just fine in lakes, rivers and reservoirs, and they like to hover over rocky bottoms, waiting for crayfish and minnows or other small live food to move about.
Depending upon where you live, water temperature and other such conditions, Sauger tend to spawn in late spring. When not hovering over the bottom for food, Sauger will explore all areas of their habitat, they will travel and lie in deep current, channels and pools, and sometimes they will school together closer to the shore, so if your not having luck where you have been fishing at, move or cast to another location.
When fishing for Saugers with live baits, keep in mind that they like feeding on worms, nightcrawlers, crayfish, crickets, small grasshoppers and minnows. If you decide to use lures, many anglers have good luck catching Sauger when using jig's baited with minnows, small silver spoons have worked well also, as well as lures that resemble small fish, such as minnows and shad.
There is a website that describes Sauger and numerous other fish caught throughout the USA. Learn about habitat, the best baits and lures, best time of day to fish for them, and much more great info, this website is called: Fishing Stringer - and it may be found at this url: http://www.fishingstringer.com
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