Agreed. It should be ALL or NOTHING.
I agree Bruce and old timer. Thanks for the info
Not me. I don’t play video games.
Does anyone know what percent of Oneida Lake's walleyes come from natural spawning in the creeks vs. egg taking / stocking? Lake Erie has been having some real good spawning years providing primary driver of the higher numbers. Maybe the hatchery scale back will be less of an issue? (found my way over from ice shanty).
Bad, not sure what you are trying to say...h2l
What I'm saying is the natural down maybe be good but if they are catching spawning fish to strip them the natural spawn on Oneida isnt going to be as strong as lets say lake Ontario because less fish to naturally spawn..so if they aren't going to put some of those fry in Oneida lake then shut the hatchery down this year and no lakes get any fry. If they just leave the walleyes alone on Oneida this year and let them do their thing naturally the fishery will stay sustainedOneida has a million eyes and several tributaries that they spawn in. They only touch a very limited number for egg stripping. With the shorter ice season and numbers of small eyes we are seeing it should be fine. It may impact changing limits like they were discussing but only maybe.