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That always happens with a new introduction for a few years, take any place with bucket bio Crappie. Thennnnn it crashes. The newly introduced predator capitalizes on a resource not utilized to the full extent by others and then they get to good at it. That’s where you’re nice fish come from and then banggggg almost overnight crash! Never again
Oh yes, I’m well aware of how those things work and how short of a window we have to capitalize on the situation while it lasts. That’s why my hardside has been out there two years in a row, it’s feast or famine and right now we are bursting at the seams!
I hear ya, I know where you’re at, couple good Crappie Years there too
That’s right, you gotta get after it while the get’ns good. That goes for life and fishing!And about those walleye, I’m in the opinion that they are just like Bigfoot. Everyone seems to think they exist but in this day and age where EVERYONE has a camera on them they still can’t get a picture!
I hear ya Frank... 2 days into my senior year in high school I lost my patience walked out the door, 2 weeks later I had a GED and a job where I got a real world education, and not even the slightest regret about it. When my buddies were getting out of college they had huge student loans and lived with their parents, I had my own home, money in the bank and a career I enjoy... a big college education is great but it takes a drive to succeed and proper work ethics to get somewhere in this world, without the latter all they have is a pretty piece of paper in a frame. The amount of lazy guys I've thrown out of the shop with their stack of certificates is laughable...
College is overrated but tell that to the computer geeks.
Though I tend to agree, I feel like there would be an ungodly amount of pressure put on them if someone did confirm with a pic.That and their particular breeding habits kind of make me think they could still be around.
That and their particular breeding habits kind of make me think they could still be around.
Not knowing much about their spawning, there were many large fish caught and you'd have thought they would have spawned in that water shed.
Talked to a knowledgeable warden (maybe a biologists?) a handful of years after the last confirmed walleye catch, that I'm aware of in Lovell. Many years ago. They monitored that lake closely after they stocked them. It was determined that natural spawning was not working! That's why they stopped stocking eyes in there.https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrJ7Fpndz1efiMAwV1XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1581115367/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.aikenslake.com%2fnews%2fa-look-into-the-growth-rates-of-walleye/RK=2/RS=JQImhFBryRz199SXBy6J9SB8j.Q-"LIFE EXPECTANCYTypically, your average male walleye will live anywhere between 15-20 years. Female walleyes live significantly longer than males. In fact, if left alone, the average female walleye will live for around 25 years, possibly longer. The oldest recorded walleye was 29 years old, weighed 25 lbs., and was 107 cm (42”) long."I suppose there could be a rare female left in Lovell, but it would be nearing the end of it's life expectancy.
I was told they stopped stocking them in there because they were getting them from the feds and the feds said they they weren't native to the lake and refuse to continue the free program. I believe they were introduced into the lake as fingerlings... maybe this story was BS.