Kelley's Island

[maul35]

Great article post Wakina. Thank you for posting some information that may be going on in the lake.

[spoontang]

A similar epidemic happened a few years ago with Lake Erie drum. There were dead ones everywhere. I don't remember the verdict on the cause. Speculation was spawn stress, virus, bacteria, farming contamination. My only conclusion is there is in no way shape or form a shortage of drum.

My thoughts on the walleye are as follow. There has been very very very little fishing pressure....The weather has been the worst for spring fishing as far as my memory goes for both wind and rain....many many species of fish die post spawn.


I am no biologist but I do not think the population is not adversly effected with this kill as there has been far fewer fish make it to the fillet table. Just as a hunch, I attribute the kill to weather. Remember,,,there are millions of millions of walleye in the lake. I'm not up on recent numbers but 20,000,000 perhaps. Fishermen taking 2.5 mil and commercial fish also about 2.5 mil with both of those numbers droppin about 5% each year.

I think we will be ok but I would like a concrete answer from ODNR. After all, they work for us through tax dollars and license fees.

Now darn it,,,I am ready to fish!

[wakina]

Ohio Sea Grant has updated at the bottom of the following link!!

http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/discuss/...0ad409331a5321