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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 301395" data-attributes="member: 389">Right, but there are a great number of lakes in ND that have trillions of eggs laid in them that have, for all intents and purposes, as close to zero reproductive success as is possible.&nbsp; They are maintained by stocking alone.&nbsp; Shutting down the spring fishing during the spawning season on those lakes is a futile exercise. As far as I know, only the Missouri R. system and Devils Lake have the ability to be self-sustaining populations with respect to walleye.&nbsp; Literally, all the rest are &quot;put and take&quot; fishing in mud puddles.&nbsp; Yeah, yeah, I know the G&amp;F usually use the Put and Take term to describe the putting in of adult sized fish that are intended to be caught that year, but it's still the same concept.&nbsp; If they aren't put in there, they just don't exist.&nbsp; That's why the pike is our state fish, they do survive and thrive in those mud holes.&nbsp; As do perch, but not our precious walleye.On a separate note.&nbsp; I think we see the sconi's and Minnetuckians out on our prairie lakes because it's a lot cheaper to stay in Napoleon/Lehr/Steele/LaMoure, etc hotels/rentals for a week than it is to stay in Bemidji/Alexandria at a resort.&nbsp; That and the generally safer feeling they probably get in the middle of nowhere when it comes to running across a ND warden.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 301395, member: 389"] Right, but there are a great number of lakes in ND that have trillions of eggs laid in them that have, for all intents and purposes, as close to zero reproductive success as is possible. They are maintained by stocking alone. Shutting down the spring fishing during the spawning season on those lakes is a futile exercise. As far as I know, only the Missouri R. system and Devils Lake have the ability to be self-sustaining populations with respect to walleye. Literally, all the rest are "put and take" fishing in mud puddles. Yeah, yeah, I know the G&F usually use the Put and Take term to describe the putting in of adult sized fish that are intended to be caught that year, but it's still the same concept. If they aren't put in there, they just don't exist. That's why the pike is our state fish, they do survive and thrive in those mud holes. As do perch, but not our precious walleye. On a separate note. I think we see the sconi's and Minnetuckians out on our prairie lakes because it's a lot cheaper to stay in Napoleon/Lehr/Steele/LaMoure, etc hotels/rentals for a week than it is to stay in Bemidji/Alexandria at a resort. That and the generally safer feeling they probably get in the middle of nowhere when it comes to running across a ND warden. [/QUOTE]

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