Quote Originally Posted by hageman View Post
The fish are all getting plenty to eat. Have you cleaned a walleye and seen all the fat within? Western Basin Perch have continued to have above the 30-year average hatches with good survival into the 1-year age and into the fishery, along with faster than historical growth rates, according to Ohio Div of Wildlife trawl surveys. Perch have billions of mayfly and midge larvae to feed upon, a robust spiny water flea and other zooplankton population, aquatic worms, snails, gobies, shiners and young of year spiny-rayed fish to eat. By the way, Commercial fishermen, who many people love to hate, keep tons of white bass, white perch and smaller sheepshead in addition to up to 35% of the annual Ohio available perch quota, as managed within 3 units in Lake Erie. High value perch allows them to stay in business. Are you suggesting that sportsmen just waste every fish that they do not want in the lake because you erroneously think they are causing our game fish to starve? Since when aren't White bass a game fish too?
Been fishing lake erie forwell over 60 years and have never swa anyone go after sheepshead oor white bass. Ever wonder why their population just keeps growing and growing !! Dont forget about the multimillion dollar industry that will flush down the toilet when all there are left is sheepshead and white bass....I was around when we almost lost the walleye population and the lake was considered dead, if we dont watch ourselves it can easily and quickly happen again !!