Mille Lacs villain/walleye?

[Lee Borgersen]

            Mille Lacs villain is...walleye?


                           Or maybe the MN DNR?

 .......
 Great article by Dennis Anderson:


> ...cannibalism of young walleyes by older and/or bigger fish, including older walleyes, might be the biggest Mille Lacs problem.



> What's more, the DNR's continuation of tight harvest sportfishing slot limits in the years since likely has contributed to, if not solely resulted in, the lake's present-day imbalanced (measured by age and size) walleye fishery.



> 2003: "As long as the Mille Lacs walleye population remains heavily skewed toward the larger size classes, the threat of heavy cannibalism of young-of-the-year walleyes will persist.''



> 2014: "...they're not surviving in sufficient numbers as yearlings and 2-year-olds. ...our leading hypothesis is that they are probably dying from elevated predation.'"


Artist rendering of MN DNR at secret Mille Lacs walleye meetings:


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