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<blockquote data-quote="lunkerslayer" data-source="post: 81333" data-attributes="member: 217">Since Snow refuses to see the facts Why so confident? Here's the logic: If Indian nets were disrupting the spawn, walleyes wouldn't be reproducing well. However, several indices the DNR uses to estimate how well walleye are spawning show that reproduction for the last 15 years is actually better than the previous 15 years, when Indians weren't netting.The indices are the results from DNR research gillnets that have collected fish for 30 years each fall in dozens of locations. One series of nets targets adult fish and another targets smaller forage. Both nets catch juvenile walleye hatched during the prior two years. Another method involves electro-fishing, where crews in the fall run an electrical field through the water, and collect stunned fish, including small walleye hatched the previous spring. All these methods reveal the same thing: The number of walleye hatching isn't too low and hasn't gone down since the netting started.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lunkerslayer, post: 81333, member: 217"] Since Snow refuses to see the facts Why so confident? Here's the logic: If Indian nets were disrupting the spawn, walleyes wouldn't be reproducing well. However, several indices the DNR uses to estimate how well walleye are spawning show that reproduction for the last 15 years is actually better than the previous 15 years, when Indians weren't netting. The indices are the results from DNR research gillnets that have collected fish for 30 years each fall in dozens of locations. One series of nets targets adult fish and another targets smaller forage. Both nets catch juvenile walleye hatched during the prior two years. Another method involves electro-fishing, where crews in the fall run an electrical field through the water, and collect stunned fish, including small walleye hatched the previous spring. All these methods reveal the same thing: The number of walleye hatching isn't too low and hasn't gone down since the netting started. [/QUOTE]

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