Perch vs. Walleye?

[Live2Fish]

Okay, so I may be showing some ignorance here, but I thought Walleye was in the perch family and basically the same thing? I also thought Sauger were in that same family. Am I wrong? Is there a difference?

Also, anyone know which are more tasty? I've never eaten/caught either.

[gofish]

your right all the same family. perch are smallest and eaten heavily by walleye.walleye get the biggest and do best in clearer water while sauger prefer dirtier or deeper water. biggest difference is perch are daytime feeders and sauger and walleye prefer low light periods to feed. all are good eats

[FisherBuddy]

Live2Fish, you need to come up to my neck of the woods. I'm sure we can find you some walleye to try. ;-)

Gofish, I learned something new from your post. I've always thought perch were easy to catch around about the same as the walleye (low light periods). We've never seen many of the fishes in this family during true daylight. Guess we didn't look that hard, LOL!

[capt.kirk]

all of them are good eating,1st ring perch 2nd walleye 3rd sauger, that is
how i would rate them,i wonder if they were all prepared in the same
manner,could you tell the difference with a blindfold on???:)
KIRK

[Catbird]

Of all the types of fish we have eaten, lake perch and walleye are our favorites. Not getting to eat a lot of either, it would be hard for me to tell the difference (except for the size of the filets).

[Schoe]

After filleting out Walleye and Sauger it would be very difficult to tell any difference in the two on the dinner table but the Yellow Perch in my opinion have a little sweeter flavor and the meat is more close grained.
A good mess of either would sure taste good about now. Schoe

[gofish]

schoe i agree with you on the perch being sweeter.perch at night go belly down and dont move much.i fish for walleye at night at clinton from late sept. on to dec. i use big artificials then havent used lighted bobbers and live bait since i left wisconsin and the rock river area.other than that most of them i catch during the day.low light conditions can be just a windy day. or deeper

[Live2Fish]

Well at least I'm not losing my mind, LOL!

As for eating, Kirk and Schoe, I bet you're right about the taste. I've found that if a variety of fish are from the same family they seem to taste nearly the same.

These are one of the few breeds that I believe don't smell fishy. The only thing I hate worse than smelling a dead fish is eating one!