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<blockquote data-quote="deactivated" data-source="post: 219590" data-attributes="member: 5690">Your slot limits started in 1997.&nbsp; 5 years after the imposed slot limits, walleye within the slot was down over 40%.&nbsp; Walleye outside the slot was up 80% for lengths below the slot and 70% for lengths just above the slot.&nbsp; I might believe that small fish increased in population because they could slip through the nets but an increase in 20 inch fish is not possible if the nets are wiping out your fish population.&nbsp; Eventually, your big fish started eating little fish, leading to issues in 2013-2014.&nbsp; In the 1980s your bait fish population was very high but declined steadily well before slots or netting so something else happened; possibly due to the lake clearing up and bait fishing becoming easy prey.&nbsp; By 2001 it was virtually gone (only 12% of historic mean remained).&nbsp; The amount of fish over 20 inches was over 30% of your estimated biomass.&nbsp; Leach and Winni were around 10%.&nbsp; You are your own worst enemy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="deactivated, post: 219590, member: 5690"] Your slot limits started in 1997. 5 years after the imposed slot limits, walleye within the slot was down over 40%. Walleye outside the slot was up 80% for lengths below the slot and 70% for lengths just above the slot. I might believe that small fish increased in population because they could slip through the nets but an increase in 20 inch fish is not possible if the nets are wiping out your fish population. Eventually, your big fish started eating little fish, leading to issues in 2013-2014. In the 1980s your bait fish population was very high but declined steadily well before slots or netting so something else happened; possibly due to the lake clearing up and bait fishing becoming easy prey. By 2001 it was virtually gone (only 12% of historic mean remained). The amount of fish over 20 inches was over 30% of your estimated biomass. Leach and Winni were around 10%. You are your own worst enemy. [/QUOTE]

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