SSKY, I know this is a hot button issue with you and I'm not trying to start an argument, but the conditions that the native walleye adapted to no longer exist. They adapted to a river environment that no longer exists and did extremely poorly after the lake was impounded. Yes, Sauger exist in the lake, and there are some big ones. In the early 80s, I caught one at the mouth of Harmon that weighed 7 lbs. But, existing and flourishing are different things. I don't think anybody would describe the Cland sauger fishery today as good. It can only be described as remnant. I would hate to think that I had to catch one on any given day. However, before impoundment, I'm sure the sauger fishery was quite good. Like the native walleye, they didn't adapt well to the lake environment. Today though, I think the debate is moot. The erie walleye is here and even if native fish were restocked, they would surely hybridize with the erie fish. Given the erie strain's lake environment adaptability, I would expect their genetic make up would completely over shadow that of the native fish after a few generations. As you know, there is still a population of native fish in the Rockcastle, and natives were stocked in Woods Ck lake a few years ago on an experimental basis. Woods Ck has no erie strain fish to compete with them so we'll see in a few years if they grow to the giant proportions that our grandfathers caught from the Cumberland River. I hope they do.