walleye regulations

[lawnboy]

When do the new walleye regulations go into effect? Or have they all ready.

[Big Bob]

Lawnboy,

This is right from the Michigan DNR website.

Lake Erie walleye anglers in Michigan waters presently are allowed to fish throughout the year, observing a 13-inch minimum size limit and keeping up to six fish. The new regulations, effective April 1, 2004, will close the walleye season from April 1 to May 31, increase the size limit to 15-inches, and reduce the daily bag limit to five fish.

Anglers on the Detroit River will observe identical size and daily bag limits, but the fishery will remain open year round. Lake St. Clair and St. Clair River walleye fishing regulations will remain unchanged. The orders will remain effective through 2009, but will be reviewed annually.

Fish on :cool:

[Muddpuppy]

Thanks alot for the info..... I just heard about this recently and I was curious too. Thanks for saving me the time of looking around myself. :)

[Big Bob]

No problem, I was happy to help.

Fish on:cool:

[roger23]

10/16/03
Fishing Regulations Approved to Protect Lake Erie Walleye, Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass
Regulations to take effect March 1, 2004
Conservation measures designed to provide long-term stability for Lake Erie's walleye and black bass (largemouth and smallmouth) populations have been approved by the Ohio Wildlife Council, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

"Over the past six months, we've attended meetings, held hearings and listened to what anglers had to say about the protection of Lake Erie's walleye and black bass populations," said Steven A. Gray, chief of the ODNR Division of Wildlife. "We believe we are taking the right steps to conserve this important fishery for future generations."

For walleye, the daily bag limit between March 1 and April 30 will be reduced from four fish to three. For all other times, the bag limit for walleye will remain at six fish per day. Other new walleye regulations include a year-round size limit of 15 inches and the elimination of treble hooks in the Maumee and Sandusky Bays during the March-April spawning runs.

State fisheries biologists say these approved regulations will help Ohio meet an anticipated 40 to 60 percent reduction in total allowable catches lakewide for walleye in 2004, set last March by the Lake Erie Committee of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

To help boost largemouth and smallmouth bass reproduction, a closed season was also approved for the months of May and most of June, when the popular sport fish are laying eggs and guarding nests. Anglers cannot possess black bass to the from the first of May until the last Saturday in June.

For additional news online, check out the ODNR Press Room

For Further Information Contact:
Roger Knight or Jeff Tyson, ODNR Division of Wildlife
(419) 625-8062
-or-

[lawnboy]

Did the move the detroit rive line to the light house?