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These are all walleye. Just different colour variations. Roger

Sorry for questioning your handling of this beautiful pike. Once out of water fish are rather fragile ( they do not have the support of surrounding water) . They should be fully supported with both hands one under belly the other holding the tail....never place your hand in the gill area. Hanging a fish (especially a large one) vertically ( even for a short time) will stretch back muscles and even separate vertebrae in the back bone plus damage gill arches and the connective tissue. The other mistake many anglers make is keeping fish out of water to long......a good idea is keeping the fish in the water while removing the hooks .....If a picture is taken a quick lift while supporting the fish fully....then back in the water.

Pass over this spot nearly every weekend on the way to the far side of the lake. It goes from 30 to 10 feet and back to 30 really quick. Last weekend I decided to stop and drop my video camera and a worm down to about 14' to see if I could catch some action. Dropping a hook & worm produced a catch every time. Anywhere from 6" to 16" smallmouth. Sunday evening my grandson ( 7 ) caught and landed his first fish from here. The screams of excitement were priceless!