Native kentucky walleye genetics

[GeoFisher]

I'm glad someone with authority and UNDERSTANDING of the walleye situation has responded.

While the discussions are always nice to read, I get TIRED of people speculating on the walleye situation.

I'm especially glad that KY seems to care about the situation, is on top of it, and seems to have a plan. I understand this is TOUGH work.......

Keep it up.

Thanks,

GeoFisher

BTW.......any help on catching those tasty morsels would be GREAT. I've tried 10-15 times, in a few spots, including Nolin, Green, Cumberland, and Dale, and have yet to hookup with a walleye.

[know1]

What an informative and educational response that is. Here's my question, why aren't walleye listed in the Wood Creek Fishing Forecast?

[DaveD]

Native walleye will appear in the KDFWR 2007 Fishing Forecast for Wood Creek Lake. Southeast Fishery District biologist John Williams has ranked it as "Fair" and states "Native strain stockings (annually since 2002) have established a viable fishery. Some large fish (6 lbs+) are available, although the overall population remains relatively low."

Dave Dreves
Fisheries Research Biologist
KY Dept of Fish and Wildlife Resources

[know1]

Awesome. Thanks!

[fishincreek]

Thank you for a VERY informative post!!!!

[SSKY]

Kentucky sturgeon, I did read the article about those fish and I understand there would be an effort to stock them for what was said I would belive 20 years to get a population to get a possible spawning class of fish. Where do they spawn? What would happen with a 20 year stocking effort for the native walleye in their native water?

[SSKY]

I really do not like it, but one would have to know that fish swim and that will happen if you stock a river that feeds the lake over time. tell me if I am stupid, I can take it.The two populations are seperated by nothing and over many years that plan will not work and there will be "cross breeding". With the current situation i cannot see how it could it could not happen. That being said, The genetic influx of stocking only native strain in the lake for at least 20 years like we plan to do for the strurgeon may turn the tide for the native walleye as we have planned it for the sturgeon. Pure strain doubtful but it would be close and how long do we plan that the lake will be here?And we have established that the erie strain as of yet from what we have been told does not cross with the fish in the rockcastle so we do not know if they will do so in the lake?? Sorry for the rant, for those that are tired of it.

[SSKY]

Go back to the KY afield article winter 2001 page 16, and then read the rest of the artticle and see where we are today?

[SSKY]

So would you say that there is no chance that native strain walleye could ever be stocked where they were native in the lake area from where they came from? I still do not understand how the native sauger can be here as of now, how can they be here still? When the white bass are gone as of now.

[Moose1am]

Got an email for the biologist? Do any biologist read this forum? I know of one or two fisheries biologist that use to read this forum and respond from time to time. But I have not seen them posting in here for a while. I think it was this forum. They Kentucky Guys that did the Crappie Radio Tracking Studies in the Blood River section of KY lake use to post in here.

I know the Small mouth Fishing Forums run by Ray Rigsby has a fishery biologist that joined the group. He is very informative and a good guy to have on the fishing forum.


Regards,

Moose1am