Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="NodakBuckeye" data-source="post: 42662" data-attributes="member: 714"><p>The zebras and then the quagga mussels changed Lake Erie significantly.&nbsp; You can still catch walleye drifting Erie Dearies, but not really like it was in the 80s.&nbsp; Trolling became the method of choice since the walleye moved deeper and&nbsp; further east in bigger numbers than before.&nbsp; There are enough in Erie to filter the entire volume of water in the lake every 24 to 36 hours.&nbsp; Erie is a trophy sheapshead lake, they exploded from common to holy crap levels, they love the mussels.&nbsp; Erie just has too many invasives: gobies, spiny water fleas, white perch.&nbsp; The gobies can be very tough on smallmouth nesting locations, main reason Ohio closed fishing for them in May.&nbsp; The gobies usually are not yet up on the reefs when the eyes are spawning but the white perch are and are there to gorge on walleye eggs.&nbsp; Walleye and perch spawns have been suppresed but there is probably not enough data yet to compare the effect of invasives to the negative affects of poor spawing weather, lower water levels and timing of larval walleye and perch switching from egg sac to plankton for food.&nbsp; Native species take some advantage of the exotics as prey but overall, the combined effects do more harm than good to my mind.&nbsp; I like the clear water, just not all the excess baggage and what ifs that come with it.&nbsp; 15 years ago, limit for walleye on Erie was 10, no reduced bags in spring.&nbsp; Last time I was there 4 years ago it was 5 and 3 during spawn.&nbsp; Take it for what it is worth...</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="NodakBuckeye, post: 42662, member: 714"] The zebras and then the quagga mussels changed Lake Erie significantly. You can still catch walleye drifting Erie Dearies, but not really like it was in the 80s. Trolling became the method of choice since the walleye moved deeper and further east in bigger numbers than before. There are enough in Erie to filter the entire volume of water in the lake every 24 to 36 hours. Erie is a trophy sheapshead lake, they exploded from common to holy crap levels, they love the mussels. Erie just has too many invasives: gobies, spiny water fleas, white perch. The gobies can be very tough on smallmouth nesting locations, main reason Ohio closed fishing for them in May. The gobies usually are not yet up on the reefs when the eyes are spawning but the white perch are and are there to gorge on walleye eggs. Walleye and perch spawns have been suppresed but there is probably not enough data yet to compare the effect of invasives to the negative affects of poor spawing weather, lower water levels and timing of larval walleye and perch switching from egg sac to plankton for food. Native species take some advantage of the exotics as prey but overall, the combined effects do more harm than good to my mind. I like the clear water, just not all the excess baggage and what ifs that come with it. 15 years ago, limit for walleye on Erie was 10, no reduced bags in spring. Last time I was there 4 years ago it was 5 and 3 during spawn. Take it for what it is worth... [/QUOTE]

Verification

What is the most common fish caught on this site?

Reply to thread

Recent Posts

Friends of NDA