Minocqua Chain Walleye Management Proposal Ready for Comment
Minocqua Chain Walleye Catch and Release Extension Proposal: We'd Like your Input
The adult walleye population on the Minocqua Chain of Lakes in Oneida County has experienced a substantial decline that state and tribal fisheries biologists attribute to poor natural reproduction and low recruitment of young fish into the population.
A walleye rehabilitation plan for Minocqua Chain identified steps including five years of no walleye harvest, no tribal walleye spearing and catch and release for anglers followed by five years of reduced walleye harvest by both anglers and spearers.
The current catch-and-release regulation has been in place since 2015 and is set to expire in 2020. To allow the walleye population to continue to increase in abundance more quickly, it has been recommended that the coordinated harvest closure for all parties should be extended for one more year, through April of 2021.
We would like to get your input on the catch and release extension proposal. Please complete this short survey and let us know what you think. Thank you.