Back in 2002 I gained notoriety among Milwaukee fishing circles after catching 2 blue walleyes from a local 700 acre lake. After doing a little research I found out that blue walleyes or blue pike as they were called then were once the predominant walleye in Lake Michigan and other great lakes. They were fished to near extinction and then later replaced by the usual golden colored walleye.  As happened with smallmouth bass, "amateur" fish stockers had spread a few around Wisconsin, Canadian and probably Minnesota lakes. At one time they were rather common in many popular Canadian lakes.
Here is a pre digital photo of one of my blue walleyes held alongside a normal golden walleye. The blue measured 16".

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