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Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing Jim. Very Interesting reading
The article is interesting, and I am sure that our off-shore fishing is directly related to the hatches in Ohio waters. But, I wonder how the hatches have been for fish around Buffalo.
I mostly fish in-shore areas from Myer's to the Roundhouse, and a lot of the fish that I caught last year were in the 13-18" range. Others have mentioned the same thing. I wonder if our "native" fish have had better hatches in recent years vs. the fish in Western basin.
Is their any info on the quality of "our" hatches?
Here is a link if anyone interested from a NY perspective. I think the news actually is pretty encouraging. Basically the latest nettings are showing a lot of fish that will only get bigger... walleye 2010 spawing similar to 2003 levels. The link is http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/32286.html
I copy and pasted a few parts below from the latest NY lake erie fishery report:
Walleye
Lake Erie’s eastern basin walleye resource is composed of local spawning stocks, as well as contributions from summertime movements from western basin spawning stocks. The annual movement of western basin stocks is now well known via long-term tagging studies conducted throughout the lake. Walleye fishing quality in recent years has generally been very good and largely attributable to excellent spawning success observed in 2003. However, the dominant 2003 year class has now begun to wane. Nevertheless, walleye fishing activity and quality continues to be very good due to average to good spawning success that occurred from 2005 to 2008. Our most recent juvenile walleye survey indicates excellent spawning success in 2010. The good recruitment in recent years, especially from 2010, suggests that walleye abundance in the eastern basin will increase over the next few years.
Yellow Perch
Lake Erie yellow perch populations have experienced wide oscillations in abundance over the last 30 years, from extreme lows in the mid-1990’s, to an extended recovery that’s now lasted more than a decade. A large adult population continues to produce good angler catch rates, especially during spring and fall seasons. Abundance of juvenile perch in trawling and gill net surveys has been high in recent years, with record-high abundance of age-1 perch observed in 2011. Overall, this pattern of recruitment suggests that higher and more stable yellow perch abundance will extend at least another few years.
Thank you for posting this info.!