2014 Mille Lacs Walleye Regulations Set

They’re catch and releasing the fish because the law says to… Because the slot is so narrow all the fish they are catching are over that size…. The problem with the lake has nothing to do with the larger fish being able spawn… It has to do with the mortality rate of the young walleye not making it to adulthood because there are too many big walleye eating them before they get a chance. There are some pretty good threads on here that offer a lot of insight if you’re interested in learning about the actual problems with the lake and what led up to them.

Ben, you don’t get it. I know that the problem is with the young of the year walleye not surviving. That is obvious. If you know anything about Mille Lacs, there is no shortage food in the lake currently. The young of the year walleye were being eaten because there was a crash in the baitfish population. Now with the lake having a ton of tiny perch in the lake we don’t have to worrry about the young of the year walleye being targeted as food as much. Now we still need those bigger 20″ walleyes in the lake to spawn for at least a few years to start up the population of younger fish. While the baitfish population is still high we count on those bigger fish to spawn.

This is my last post here on this. Sorry for those of you who don’t get anything that I have addresed in my last few posts. Keep on doing what you always have whatever that might be- even if your goal is to catch and release as many fish as possible in deep water with warm water surface temperatures with 150 feet of line out and reeling in a fish while the boat is moving 2-4 mph. Good luck, no more replys from me on this. You get it or you don’t.

Show me any data that shows a significant number of Walleyes die from open water trolling and I will gladly stop. Who knows if we’ll even hit warm water this year.

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Show me any data that shows a significant number of Walleyes die from open water trolling and I will gladly stop. Who knows if we’ll even hit warm water this year.

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