honkytonker26, Nickajack (Riverpark), Bass / Walleye, 05/26/2016, My son

[honkytonker26]

It's been a while since I've posted here but figured I'd post a quick report of my fishing trip with my son Thursday.
Put in at Riverpark and ran upstream to fish riprap and tailwaters. Got a chunky LG on lizard and spent most of time teaching my 8 yr old how to fish soft plastics on bottom. It was getting late so I ran up to dam to bounce a tube off bottom and maybe catch a smallie. I ended up hooking into what I think it a Walleye. Didn't get a good pic but maybe you can help. I've never caught one. Current started moving good after 7pm.

 

[swamp]

Good day honkeytonker.That's a walleyes smaller cousin,a Sauger.
I'd like to have few for dinner.

 

[SpurHunter]

Good lord it's been a while! Glad to see you back, if you had a pic of the tail it would be definitive, but I really think that is a walleye.

 

[Bushhog57]

I think swamp's right.. it's a sauger

 

[rsimms]

Actually hard to tell without seeing the tail. If it's a walleye, it would have a very definitive white tip on the lower lobe of its tail. If so, it's a walleye. If not, it's a sauger.

 

[porthos33]

Yeah saw one just like that floating down from the tailwaters. It's always cool to run into different species like that.

 

[honkytonker26]

Hey Spur!! Yeah it's been a while. I travel a lot but will start posting more cause I plan on fishing more. Ha! I'll post a pic of tail. Standby

 

[honkytonker26]

This is best pic I have of tail. My 8yr old was taking the pics and he's no Andy Warhol haha