Some professional fishery managers would suggest gshad to grow big walleye. The idea or concept of gshad and big walleye may have come from one of them. Subjective opinions can overpower scientific ecological knowledge especially depending on where the fishery manager was educated and what he or she learned while in school. Extensive experience is also a key component after schooling. There are medical doctors and there are experienced medical specialists both with MDs.
IMO just managing and accurately monitoring the walleye population and strength of each year class in 300 acres will be a big challenge especially if the walleye are recruiting new individuals which is likely to be very sporadic depending on the spawn, hatch, zooplankton community as fry food, and weather of each year. My guess is compared to most other lakes and reservoirs that have walleye, the walleye will have to be annually or periodically stocked to maintain balanced year class strengths. Harvest rates and harvest guidelines will also impact how many walleye will need to be restocked. How do you plan on monitoring annual fry and fingerling survival to determine need for restocking?
Last edited by Bill Cody; 06/09/14 04:03 PM.
