YOY Walleye and perch

[Eyezcrazy]

58.97 or 61.47......I would say Wakina's original statement of 3 times the 2014 hatch is pretty darn accurate! It sure seems from all reports of yoy walleye being caught and fingerlings in minnow buckets and bait tanks it could actually be higher than that, but one things for sure....this is great news for the lake!

[Capt Eric]

Wakina, Eyecrazy - agreed! Regardless of the data they throw at us (which we know will keep changing for the next two years...) I cannot, nor can I find anyone else who remembers catching the numbers of shorts we are seeing this year. The 3 and 4 inch walleye we're getting perch fishing, and the 8-10 walleye we've seen trolling, we are getting in huge numbers! I had one trip where we went through 150+ 8 inch walleye to put a limit of keepers in the box. And these small fish are everywhere!

I also don't expect to see a change in the limits - nor do I want to! The lake is nowhere near back to it's prime! Even though the better than average hatches we've seen will help us catch limits, I hope we can all agree that protecting our resource more important right now. Just my two cents.....

[wakina]

Here is an update from the Ontario side of the lake! It is from a news article from Windsor and not an official release. I thought I would pass it on. It was posted on OGF and I got the web address and copied and pasted it here. There numbers were about 135% of our side for walleyes at 82.5 per hectare compared to 61.47 per hectare here in Ohio.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windso...bers-1.3242477