A good read, plenty informative

[duke]

Yes, very good read and information in the above post

[Angola Fish]

I read Baily's original post with great interest. However, it created some questions.

A few weeks ago I caught a tagged walleye off Evangola and it was 25 inches long. The information on the tag was then submitted to the DEC in Dunkirk. About a week later I received a letter back stating that my walleye was tagged 4/24/2006 near Van Buren Bay in Lake Erie. It went on to say that when originally tagged, it was an 18 inch male and was caught 3,013 days (+8 years) after tagging.

Baily's post was consistent with other information I had read. However I am curious as to how old this fish really was.

[fishkiller16]

I read Baily's original post with great interest. However, it created some questions.

A few weeks ago I caught a tagged walleye off Evangola and it was 25 inches long. The information on the tag was then submitted to the DEC in Dunkirk. About a week later I received a letter back stating that my walleye was tagged 4/24/2006 near Van Buren Bay in Lake Erie. It went on to say that when originally tagged, it was an 18 inch male and was caught 3,013 days (+8 years) after tagging.

Baily's post was consistent with other information I had read. However I am curious as to how old this fish really was.

Males have a slower growth rate we caught a tagged fish in the 2013 southtowns tourney off Meyers reef that was a male tagged in 2007 at 18 inches also off Van Buren. When we caught it it was only 23 inches. I talked to Don Einhouse and he stated that males can vary greatly in growth rates.