FartinHard wrote:
Some places slots work great, look at Rice lake, that lake is full of walleye. I can't speak for everyone, but i only stick with < 23 or 24 " or there abouts, just for edibility. I have no use for anything larger. The larger ones caught in the winter are fun, but they ALL go back in my hut. I would hope that the larger females are all or at least almost all are released by anglers. Gobies are still in there, but walleye are gobbling them up, so not sure how bad they are, it was reported that some of the salmonid species in the lake were eating them as well barring kings which only open water feed. Zebra mussels have been really damaging, but like everything, nature always finds an opposing force, ie sheephead
The fishing in Rice is dead. Cormorants have cleaned out the smaller fish. Catch the odd fish over the slot. its happened in the last 5 years. Hundreds of cormorants have invaded the lake.