WJJQ LOCAL NEWS
Walleye limits adjusted

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Daily walleye bag limits have been adjusted on 537 lakes in the Wisconsin Ceded Territory in response to harvest declarations made by six bands of Chippewa in Wisconsin

The state Department of Natural Resources announced there will be a three-walleye bag limit for sport anglers on 225 lakes, a two-fish daily bag limit on 311 lakes, and a one-fish daily bag limit on Grindstone Lake in Sawyer County.

DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp said, “Our mutual goal is a healthy, sustainable walleye fishery for future generations of all of our respective constituencies.”

Most off-reservation harvests take place during the spring spearfishing season, and typically harvest walleye from 170-180 lakes annually. The DNR reviews harvests the following the spring season and may revise bag limits upwards on lakes lightly or not speared.

Of 232 lakes declared by the Lac du Flambeau Band, 217 will have a daily bag limit of three walleye, while 14 lakes and chains will have a daily bag limit of two walleye. Those lakes are: Rice River Flowage and Lake Mohawksin (Lincoln County), Clear and Tomahawk lakes, plus the Rainbow and Willow flowages (Oneida), Butternut and Pike (Price), and Ballard, Big (Boulder Junction), Big Muskellunge, Island, and Star lakes (Vilas).

The state daily bag limit for walleyes is five. If the lake a person is fishing has a bag limit less than five, that person can fish other lakes to fill your daily bag limit. More information plus a full list of bodies of water affected is available on the state DNR website.

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