Product Description
Our Plastic Walleye This hard plastic and colorful walleye toy is well-made and realistic in its brown color, heavy scales and long snout. Wonderfully proportioned, 3-inches long, it will fit nicely into a pond fish, river, or estuary diorama. Our walleye pike may be useful for a school project or as a party favor or novelty item. Check out our other pike and fish toys and gifts. We have a wonderful selection of realistic plastic freshwater fish available: trout, bluegill, bass, muskies, crappies, perch, pike, and many more!
The walleye is a freshwater fish in the perch family that is a popular and commonly-stocked game fish. Walleye are long and thin, primarily gold and olive in color, with a white belly. The back is crossed with five or more black bands. They have two dorsal fins—one spiny and one soft-rayed. The walleye’s mouth is large with sharp teeth, and it has low-light vision that helps it find prey at night. Walleye are about 2.5 to 3 feet (0.75 to 0.9 meters) in length and weigh up to 10 to 20 pounds (4.5 to 9 kilograms). Walleye are native to Canada, the Great Lakes, the Missouri River basin and the upper Mississippi River basin, and have been introduced in the western and northeastern United States. They prefer the cool, deep, quiet waters of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Walleye are mostly nocturnal and during the day are often found under the cover of tree roots, logs, and aquatic plants. At night, they travel to shallower waters. This fish’s diet depends on what’s available, which usually includes small fish (such as yellow perch), large invertebrates, and insects. Feeding occurs primarily at dusk and dawn.  Walleye spawn in the spring or early summer. They spawn over gravel or rocks in rivers or shallows, where there is enough of a current to clear away sediment and aerate the eggs. Females can deposit more than 100,000 eggs, which hatch in about two weeks. A walleye lives about 10 years on average.