A couple of questions on what the tagged walleye contest is telling you? If you tagged 600 and have caught 25 of them then you caught about 4.2% of the tagged walleye. I know that they were tagged in areas that have probably been fished harder than those areas where fish were not tagged.
Is it fair to say that 4.2% of the walleye in the lake are being caught each year? Does this give you a way to more accurately calculate the total number of walleye in the lake? Do you have any information on how many walleye are being taken out of Lake Powell each year?
Another question is where are the big walleye, or what is happening to them? I know that there are a few larger walleye caught, but it seems like they are few and far between. What estimate do you have about how many of those 5 to 12 pounders are in the lake. I have never heard of anyone catching anything over about 6 pounds. Why are we not finding more large walleye? How old are those 15 to 18 inch walleye? Are you catching big walleye in the gill nets? Where is the spawn coming from? are those small fish spawning?
Thanks for putting more walleye information out there. I have always been a walleye wannabe fisherman, but never been able to master the walleye catching very well. I can catch a few in Lake Powell, so there must be a lot of hungry walleye in the lake.
I am gradually learning to catch more walleye, so I guess practice is paying off.