Fisherman love it for walleyes and northern pikes along with largemouth and smallmouth bass. Juveniles can be eaten by northern pike, walleyes, and smallmouth bass. The lake is stocked with walleyes every other year and tiger muskies every three years. They are one of the most popular minnow used to lure walleyes. Lake Carroll maintains its own fish hatchery for walleyes and restocks the lake each fall. Panfish, walleyes, and other freshwater game fish can be caught using handlining fishing techniques. Saugers are more typical of rivers whereas walleyes are more common in lakes and reservoirs. After 40 to 60 days, juvenile walleyes become piscivorous. Similarly, in darkly stained or turbid waters, walleyes tend to feed throughout the day. Walleyes show a fair amount of variation across watersheds. In many parts of their range, saugers are sympatric with walleyes. Walleyes grow to about in length, and weigh up to about . Walleyes are probably short-lived as are most other surfperches. Walleyes may live for decades; the maximum recorded age is 29 years.