24 year old walleye out of Sakakawea

[gone_fishing]

Game and Fish video on aging fish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HiwQQH_77w

 

[Fishmission]

24 years.
It went through some real crappy drought years and somehow made it. Amazing

 

[guywhofishes]

24 years.
It went through some real crappy drought years and somehow made it. Amazing

well it lived in the water - so....

 

[Wallike]

It would be interesting to see how far the ol'guy wandered in his 24 years.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Did he say 20'' and 4.5 pounds ? It sounded like he said 28 first then corrected to 20. It must have been skinny as a rail.

 

[Fishmission]

well it lived in the water - so....

you’re right skateboardinghippydude. I may devote my season to that age class

 

[JayKay]

well it lived in the water - so....

This is some FINE smart-assery.. I like it.

 

[fly2cast]

Glad they got that fish out of the system. It's contributing small fish to the gene pool. I would have expected a much larger fish for that age.

 

[Magpie]

He checked the age of 600 walleyes by removing their ear bones. Does that mean there are 600 deaf walleyes swimming in Lake Sakakawea?

 

[Captain Ahab]

Did he say 20'' and 4.5 pounds ? It sounded like he said 28 first then corrected to 20. It must have been skinny as a rail.

A 4.5 lb 20" fish would be built like a cheese wheel.

 

[JayKay]

He checked the age of 600 walleyes by removing their ear bones. Does that mean there are 600 deaf walleyes swimming in Lake Sakakawea?

Stick your head in the water, and from all sides, you hear these tiny cries of "what? What? WHAT?"..

 

[camoman]

He checked the age of 600 walleyes by removing their ear bones. Does that mean there are 600 deaf walleyes swimming in Lake Sakakawea?

Means there are 600 fewer fish in the lake

 

[Davy Crockett]

A 4.5 lb 20" fish would be built like a cheese wheel.

But it seems hard to believe a 20 year old walleye would only be 20''

 

[Captain Ahab]

But it seems hard to believe a 20 year old walleye would only be 20''

Probably poor growth conditions most of it's life and the genes of Danny DeVito.

 

[Lungdeflator]

He checked the age of 600 walleyes by removing their ear bones. Does that mean there are 600 deaf walleyes swimming in Lake Sakakawea?

Damnit so much for buckshots and rippin raps.

 

[guywhofishes]

Our G&F needs to get out of the stone ages. When are they going to get serious, get some choppers/airplanes in the air, and do some real walleye population surveys?

~KDM

 

[BBQBluesMan]

Submarines!

 

[deleted___account]

Taste like a rubber boot I spose huh. Can't imagine it ages like a fine wine lol.

 

[sdwxman]

And we need to send a paper survey to EVERY fishermen to have an accurate accounting of "year classes" caught.

Our G&F needs to get out of the stone ages. When are they going to get serious, get some choppers/airplanes in the air, and do some real walleye population surveys?

~KDM

 

[Kurtr]

Our G&F needs to get out of the stone ages. When are they going to get serious, get some choppers/airplanes in the air, and do some real walleye population surveys?

~KDM

That is how they do it on Erie. You can see schools of walleye migrating