As some know, I put Walleye in my pond recently. They are growing well. I decided to fish today, and harvest 3 for dinner. After a year of growing from 6-8", this is what I have so far.The fish I am holding, and the same one, by the ruler had a pretty good gape. It had the remnants of a 4"-5" green sunfish in it.
I have to edit this, as I believe I have caught myself in my own snafu. My statement about "A years growth of 6-8" may not be accurate at all. I did actually stock Walleye the previous fall. The fall of 2011. In the spring of 2012, I experienced a fish kill. The reason of the fish kill was never actually determined, I suspected it to be a chemical contamination due to a crop duster. I had thousands of dead bluegill, and a lot of yellow perch, and walleye. I did not do a count, and assumed by the guesstimates, that I lost all or at least most of the YP and WE stocking. By estimates on PB, I was lead to believe that probably only 10% of dead fish will actually float. The rest of the summer, I fished and never saw any signs of YP or WE. After re-stocking, I then immediately began catching YP again. That further lead me to believe that I had lost all of my original stocking.
So to sum it up, I may have actually been somewhat misleading about my actual growth rate. I guess we will never actually know. I apologize and it was never my intention to mislead anyone.
Last edited by JamesBryan; 10/07/1308:37 PM.
Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer.
