Hamilton bay - Walleye Stocking

[MichaelAngelo]

(07-24-2012 10:32 AM)OldTimer Wrote:  Bass are not native to any Ontario inland lake - only the Great Lakes and St Lawrence systems originally had the species., yet walleye were native in many inland lakes.

http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/...095205.pdf

No doubt - the decline of the walleye is due to competition from competing species, overfishing (both sport and commercial), and loss of suitable habitat and spawning areas (i.e pollution, silt, construction).

When I was in Algonquin this past weekend, I read about the introduction of smallmouth bass to the area. When the ministry introduced smallmouth bass, they didn't realize that they would out-compete the native brookies.

And now the smallies are all over the park!

Who knows what the walleye will do . If we have any luck, they'll start learning how to crawl onto shore to eat Canada Goose eggs