Walleye spawning

[TomP.]

Originally Posted by ClearCreek

TomP:

The reason I said a lot of walleye fry could be produced under those conditions rather than a good year class being produced is there are times when a lot of walleye fry are produced but a good year class does not result. This is especially true when a good year class was produced one year and then a lot of fry are produced the next year. In this situation the fry produced the second year usually end up as food for that previous years strong year class of walleye. This is the reason that in many walleye fisheries two strong year classes are not produced back to back. It can happen, but usually does not in most walleye fisheries.

ClearCreek

I agree 100% a lot depends on the forage base. Here on Pool 4 our Shad base is so huge I don`t believe we see as much cannibalism as many other fisheries see.