Keeping Female Walleyes

[cooter00]

I don't like frozen fish so I only keep what I'm goin to eat the next day or so if it hits the freezer I give it away to the relatives that being said if it's a slow day I keep everything over 15" if it's a good day I'll be picky and throw some back I like the cheeks on the bigger fish so ill keep a 20" plus once in awhile but mainly 15-19" hit the frying pan it's pretty much how I feel that day and if they are biting good

 

[Wildyote]

With all of talk of keeping females and slot limits lets take a look at the Columbia River in Washington. The Columbia has no slot limits and has no walleye limit but produces the biggest walleyes in North America. The right forage base is key and having that available to those fish throughout their lifetime. Our smelt in Sak produce big walleyes but fish top off in 12 lb range with a few rare 13s, and 14s. Lake herring or cisco make bigger fish for example walleyes in Fort Peck and salmon in Oahe. Fort Peck will produce walleyes in 15 lb range and Oahe Salmon in 30 lb range.

 

[KDM]

What I keep changes with every outing. Some days I keep the first 5. Others, I keep nothing. If someone wants to keep a limit of 10 lbers, I'll congratulate them on a nice stringer and move on with my life.

 

[Achucker]

Just read an article about how big females lay 50k-60k for every 2.2 lbs. It makes sense to throw big females back I'm just not sure how much of an impact it has in whole scheme of things. But this was at the end of the article and made me laugh.;:;rofl