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<blockquote data-quote="BigVix" data-source="post: 168254" data-attributes="member: 5298">Like I said... NO according to game and fish.&nbsp; They dont support &quot;Natural Spawning Habitat&quot;- - - Updated - - -I stand corrected... The Missouri River/Lake Oahe is one water body in North Dakota that has a walleye population fully supported by natural reproduction. Since this valuable fishery developed in the 1970s, strong year-classes of naturally reproduced walleye have occurred at regular 4-6 year intervals (1978, 1982, 1986, 1995, 2001, and 2009, for example). Due to drought conditions, there was little water in Lake Oahe between 1989-93 and 2002-07.In nearly all North Dakota water bodies, periodic stocking is needed to maintain walleye populations, as natural reproduction is generally not sufficient. What typically limits natural reproduction is the lack of good walleye spawning substrate, high salinity levels in many lakes, and water level fluctuations usually caused by strong winds during the egg incubation period.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BigVix, post: 168254, member: 5298"] Like I said... NO according to game and fish. They dont support "Natural Spawning Habitat" [COLOR=silver][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] I stand corrected... [COLOR=#363636][FONT=sans-serif]The Missouri River/Lake Oahe is one water body in North Dakota that has a walleye population fully supported by natural reproduction. Since this valuable fishery developed in the 1970s, strong year-classes of naturally reproduced walleye have occurred at regular 4-6 year intervals (1978, 1982, 1986, 1995, 2001, and 2009, for example). Due to drought conditions, there was little water in Lake Oahe between 1989-93 and 2002-07. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#363636][FONT=sans-serif]In nearly all North Dakota water bodies, periodic stocking is needed to maintain walleye populations, as natural reproduction is generally not sufficient. What typically limits natural reproduction is the lack of good walleye spawning substrate, high salinity levels in many lakes, and water level fluctuations usually caused by strong winds during the egg incubation period.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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