I am sorry for that comment wood creek has a ton of structure, not the type where native walleye spawn. The native walleye were broadcast spawners on river shoals on the gravel in shallow water. When the lake was formed they were isolated to a few spots up the rivers on the shoals and were overfished with no regulation. And the fishing for them was good at that time for those that took out many big fish. That practice resulted in the loss of the fish,if it was stopped at that time, today might be another issue. i realize that fishery management is much better today than it was in 1950. So there is a chance that that fishery could be restored if there was an effort and someone cared about it. Wood creek does not have any flowing river shoals for the native walleye to spawn on. So I would doubt that there will ever be any self sustaining native walleye population in that lake even if they were stocked. The population of stocked native walleye may do well if trout stocking continues but there is no real place for them to spawn in their natural setting. Again that being the case, why would you not stock them from where they came from in the first place. And yes i know ZZZZ.


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