Fish Trends/ females vs jacks

[Bggeary]

So ALL these numbers are just "estimates" ?? They could be millions and millions off. If you just net a area that has a high concentration of walleye normally, your numbers will be skewed, just my opinion.... I think those are numbers are grossly over inflated.

But think about this theory on a smaller level, because you have no proof that any of your numbers are remotely close to real world.

Ill base my theory on a smaller level with numbers that would be easy to understand the theory. If lake x has 1000 walleyes that are spawning females, and it also has 500 white perch and gobies that fight to eat those eggs. If I take out 500 of those spawning walleyes, there will be the same amount of predators fighting to eat smaller said amount of eggs, which in turn will be smaller chance of survival for said eggs. If you have 10,000,000 eggs vs 5,000,000 eggs , your odds are always better for a better hatch with 10,000,000..... All the others factors that weigh in like weather,current, and so on, you will have a better chance with twice the amount of eggs. All this really doesn't matter anyways, its just THEORIES with the numbers. We as sportsmen have to make the decision and do what we think is best in our eyes. I originally made the post to see what others thought not to insight panic. Ill sleep fine at night doing I what I believe in my own eyes what is best for the fishery . As far as eating larger fish, a 10-12 year old fish has been exposed to more contaminants than a say a younger 15" fish, so to me a its a no brainer. SO the moral is do what works best for you, and I will not make any more female walleye posts on this website........

Hooray. hooray!

[KRAMHAYS]

Funny,,,,,,, i thought all fish were breeding fish???????whats the difference if it is in jan, feb, march, or trolling charters in july???? By the way,,,,, your killing breeding minnows to catch your fish......

[hot-n-tot501]

Oh my gosh people, let folks that pay their money for an Ohio fishing liscense fish how they want. Unless the ODNR changes the regs, theres nothin anybody can do. Me personally, ill keep any nice walleye i catch other than during the walleye run in the river. At that time, limits of jacks are relatively easy and theres no need for me to keep a spawning female. But, everybody can fish how they want and thats all there is to it. PERIOD So, with that said, let it go! Good luck fishin

[Huskymusky669]

The spawn success is 75% environmental ( temp , silt , oxygen , sun , wind , floods , waves , GOD stuff! ) that is why you can have about the same amount of breeder females from year to year and have some fantastic hatches or some duds!! It is really very simple. Much like our winter / summer. Last summer in Michigan ( mid July ) 6 nights with lows in the 40's , and this winter cold as Heck. 2 years ago and for the last decade all boo hoo a our global warming , and now they call it climate change because it is cold as heck for 4 months and that about covers everything HUH?? Plain and simple DNR will adjust bag limits as needed. We have never had such good management of our resources!!! And it will provide for years yo come , as long as we keep supporting it!!

[bocajemma]

So ALL these numbers are just "estimates" ?? They could be millions and millions off. If you just net a area that has a high concentration of walleye normally, your numbers will be skewed, just my opinion.... I think those are numbers are grossly over inflated.

But think about this theory on a smaller level, because you have no proof that any of your numbers are remotely close to real world.

Ill base my theory on a smaller level with numbers that would be easy to understand the theory. If lake x has 1000 walleyes that are spawning females, and it also has 500 white perch and gobies that fight to eat those eggs. If I take out 500 of those spawning walleyes, there will be the same amount of predators fighting to eat smaller said amount of eggs, which in turn will be smaller chance of survival for said eggs. If you have 10,000,000 eggs vs 5,000,000 eggs , your odds are always better for a better hatch with 10,000,000..... All the others factors that weigh in like weather,current, and so on, you will have a better chance with twice the amount of eggs. All this really doesn't matter anyways, its just THEORIES with the numbers. We as sportsmen have to make the decision and do what we think is best in our eyes. I originally made the post to see what others thought not to insight panic. Ill sleep fine at night doing I what I believe in my own eyes what is best for the fishery . As far as eating larger fish, a 10-12 year old fish has been exposed to more contaminants than a say a younger 15" fish, so to me a its a no brainer. SO the moral is do what works best for you, and I will not make any more female walleye posts on this website........

If it's just purely numbers of walleye, please explain how we didn't have banner hatch after banner hatch for the years following the mega hatch when the walleye population estimates were 70+ million walleye? The facts are that the walleye population that gave us the mega hatch in 2003 was a smaller walleye population than we have now.