Minnesota Department of Natural Resources recently advised anglers who have traditionally headed north for the first weekend of Minnesota’s walleye and northern pike season to check ice conditions and availability of public water accesses and roads leading to them. Minnesota’s … Continued
A multi-year walleye tagging study that will eventually include thousands of fish was initiated on the Missouri River earlier this spring. The study area is big, running from Garrison Dam in central North Dakota downstream to Lake Oahe Dam in … Continued
To compensate for historical losses of habitat, NOAA and its partners recently constructed a reef across the middle channel of Michigan’s St. Clair River. Even before the construction ended in June, NOAA researchers reported seeing lake sturgeon swimming around the … Continued
North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel, along with staff from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fish hatcheries, recently completed stocking 9.8 million walleye fingerlings in 113 lakes across the state. Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery contributed 8.7 … Continued
The Lake Erie Committee, a binational board of fishery managers from Michigan, New York, Ohio, Ontario, and Pennsylvania, recommended a 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of 3.487 million walleye and 13.637 million pounds of yellow perch. Harvest levels for 2012 … Continued