Tagging Study Charts Lake Oahe Walleye
South Dakota State University researchers have tagged more than 26,000 fish in the last three years during a study of Lake Oahe walleye. Plans are for one more year of tagging and an additional year beyond that of data collection to assess the lake’s walleye stocks.
Tagging Walleyes To Improve Management Around The Great Lakes
Ohio Division of Wildlife biologists are busy at work tagging walleyes that migrate around the Great Lakes, according to a report from the Toledo Blade. Their tools of choice include acoustic transmitter tags implanted into the fish to monitor their movements through the lakes and surrounding rivers.
Barrier On Iowa’s Big Creek Lake Keeps Muskie, Walleye From Escaping
A physical fish barrier was put up in Big Creek Lake (2012) to help keep adult walleye and muskellunge stocked in the lake from escaping through a collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and local fishing organizations.
Improvements At Wisconsin’s Lac Du Flambeau Hatchery Help Walleye
After 30 years of use, the original fish pond liners at the Lac du Flambeau Tribe’s fish hatchery in Wisconsin had fallen into disrepair. But thanks to a partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, the liners have been repaired, according to a blog post from the USDA.
Watchful Researchers Track Lake Erie Walleye With Acoustics
Acoustic tracking technology has been used for some time to study the migration and movement patterns of fish. In Lake Erie, this is no different, as crews from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) have been relying on acoustic tags for years to study sportfish in the most shallow of the Great Lakes.
Lake Erie Walleye Management Plan Out Now
Walleye are valuable sport fish across the Great Lakes basin. In Lake Erie, this is no different as the lake is commonly called the “walleye capital of the world.” But keeping the lake full of abundant walleye stocks takes a lot of work.
Minnesota DNR Collects Walleye To Manage Lake Fisheries
Fisheries biologists with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources are working to maintain walleye populations in the state, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. As part of the effort, scientists gathered brood stock from central Minnesota’s Diamond Lake in mid-May.
Mother Nature throws a curve at interstate walleye sampling project in newly surveyed river system
When it comes to stocking fisheries, it’s vital to match the right fish with the right habitat. But that means more than merely matching trout to stream. Two populations of the same species can develop differences over thousands of years that suit them to one environment over another. And although breeding between strains is common, fishery managers still treasure those strains that have remained relatively pure throughout the centuries.
Ohio DNR: State walleye record could be topped this year
Fisheries biologists with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources say that the record for biggest walleye ever caught in the state’s waters could be broken this year, according to the Port Clinton News-Herald. That’s because walleye from the 2003 year class, one of the best classes of late, are thought to be nearing record lengths.
Kansas seeks angler help in walleye tagging study
Officials with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism will be conducting a walleye tagging study at Milford Reservoir in April, according to the Associated Press. And they are asking for anglers’ help.
