Oh that must suck, but never really have heard of sauger nor tried it (not sure if common in my state). Is it worth trying?Used to be legal to sell here but the state classed it as a sport fish several years back. Used to be in all the fish restaurants around here but it also used to be common to only catch 1lbers now 3 to 3 1/2lbs is pretty normal crappies definitely one of my favorites. Any of yall northerners eat sauger?