The slot MAY protect fish, young and old, but when the population of the walleye is impacting all other fish species, balance would dictate that there be 2 fish in the slot, as it was before.
There was no collapse of the population to justify the change to one fish in the slot. The reason was to make enforcement easier for the off lake stops where people claimed that the two fish came from Calling Lake.
That is not fisheries management. Now we are facing too many walleye and skinny fish are being found again at Calling Lake.
The fact of lots of age classes means recruitment year to year, so again that supports increased limits.
Drewski
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