04-09-2018, 06:09 AM
Thanks for the info Chris. Over 330 limits of eyes taken out of the inlet during the spawn based on the estimates you gave! Dang that's lot of hours boat fishers would have to spend to get that many limits based on my experience. I may have fished out there about 20 times and caught a limit of walleye maybe twice. Limited sample size I know and I likely am not the best at catching them but i usually catch one or two a trip, but sometimes none. So if 20 boats catch 3 eyes a piece that's 60 fish per day 10 limits per day--that seems like a lot and probably is a high estimate. In any event, thats over 30 days to catch as many fish as bank tanglers catch in 2 weeks. What does everyone else think based on your experiences out there?
It would be helpful to see current creel numbers and be able to tell the percentage of fish taken versues the number that are using the inlet to spawn. Closing the inlet at night seems like the only practical way to get an accurate count on harvest as well as being better able to police it.
Other questions come to mind. Do you guys use a formula based on the number of fish you catch in your nets to estimate the number of mature fish in the entire lake? Is there an app for that?? If so how many mature walleye do you estimate are in the entire lake? What is the creel count for the entire lake over the course of a soft water season? People might be able to make a more informed, as opposed to a more emotional, decision on keeping the inlet open or closing it if they knew what those estimates were. No hurry on any possibly revised or more current numbers, but if any were available prior to the next RAC meeting participation might go up. I say might. If numbers aren't available this year, which it doesn't sound like they are, then maybe next year.
Thanks again for all your and your crew's hard work. There are lot of people out there that are reaping a lot of enjoyment and good eating out of your efforts.
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It would be helpful to see current creel numbers and be able to tell the percentage of fish taken versues the number that are using the inlet to spawn. Closing the inlet at night seems like the only practical way to get an accurate count on harvest as well as being better able to police it.
Other questions come to mind. Do you guys use a formula based on the number of fish you catch in your nets to estimate the number of mature fish in the entire lake? Is there an app for that?? If so how many mature walleye do you estimate are in the entire lake? What is the creel count for the entire lake over the course of a soft water season? People might be able to make a more informed, as opposed to a more emotional, decision on keeping the inlet open or closing it if they knew what those estimates were. No hurry on any possibly revised or more current numbers, but if any were available prior to the next RAC meeting participation might go up. I say might. If numbers aren't available this year, which it doesn't sound like they are, then maybe next year.
Thanks again for all your and your crew's hard work. There are lot of people out there that are reaping a lot of enjoyment and good eating out of your efforts.
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