Depending on if you are in west or east Indiana will depend on where to best go to get or have walleye hauled to you. They are most available in later fall (October) when growers haul them in from WI and MN.
Walleye will grow in IN ponds providing they are relatively LMbass free or low. Bass eat small walleye. Walleye do not compete well with bass. If you are putting them in a pond with bass be sure the stocker walleye are 8"+ to reduce bass eating the stockers. An 8" walleye is not very big in body cross section and basically is shaped like a big cigar. Walleye do not grow well on bluegill as the main forage. If you really want a true walleye pond have no LMbass, (a few SMB are okay) and use yellow perch, shiners, crayfish, fatheads, as forage items. A few RES would be acceptable as bonus panfish.
Walleye don't necessarily need cold or cool water deep ponds, and more importantly they require good dissolved oxygen levels all year long including midsummer when DO tends to sometimes become low due to warm water and excessive vegetation decay. Generally walleye survive better in relatively new ponds compared to old nutrient rich ponds.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 08/25/13 06:14 PM.
