After having a two hour discussion with a very knowledgeable river fisherman on this subject. (yes James, its who you think it is I’ll give you more details of the conversation over the phone.) He claims the fishing isn’t near what it was 20-25 yrs. ago and his reasoning is their simply isn’t as many walleyes now as back then. I know the dnr counts look promising but did they do these same counts(surveys) 25 years ago comparing apples to apples. I also realize catch and release is alot more prevalent today than it was back then but you also have to remember we probably have three times as many fisherman today as 25 yrs. ago with alot better equipment. Maybe the populations are as good now and the fish are just harder to catch.