Total Ban on Scugog walleye as of Jan 1st?

[johnnie_pike]

Hi all

I stumbled accidentally on an online report that as of Jan 1st 2016? Fishing for walleye is prohibited for the entire year with the possibility of the ban being extended into 2017. Has anyone else seen this report or does anyone have any additional info or confirmation? There were multitude or reasons from over harvesting to reproduction dropping off to , not sure what the term is low oxygen phenomenon? Curious to see if muskie are included on the ban as well. I'll keep scouring, if anyone has any info, be nice to know

cheers

jp

 

[ChromeAddict]

Walleye fishing is closed on lake scugog as of Jan 1, 2016. No other species' seasons are affected.

https://news.ontario.ca/mnr/en/2015/11/closure-of-walleye-fishery-for-lake-scugog.html

 

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closed until further notice. possibly 5-10 years, or for good

 

[myspacedave]

chemical they used on zebra mussels affected the walleye(?)

 

[fisgfreek]

They once had a great walleye fishery. That lake will bounce back.

 

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chemical they used on zebra mussels affected the walleye(?)

nope, the causeway white bucket brigade, and nonquon river crew caused the decline

 

[johnnie_pike]

I cant see it being 5 to 10 years...2 or 3 maybe, scugog walleye have always been fast to bounce back. Shame though, have some great memories of that lake ( though most cottage owners call it a swamp now) caught my first walleye there, learned how to operate a pleasure craft...

 

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I cant see it being 5 to 10 years...2 or 3 maybe, scugog walleye have always been fast to bounce back. Shame though, have some great memories of that lake ( though most cottage owners call it a swamp now) caught my first walleye there, learned how to operate a pleasure craft...

thats the thing, its easy to close a season, but hard to open it back up, will need a couple of years worth of studies done before they decide if or when they're going to reopen the season, and then decide if it will be a reduced limit, or a shorter time frame, etc etc

 

[lucario]

come on guys walleye is over fished it taste too good and the mussel killer must have affected the walleye

 

[bigugly]

I have read that in Minnesota they have experimented with zebra muscle killer but have not heard of such a thing in Ontario. Is this just another Lake Scugog legend? I find it hard to believe such a product would be used without notification to the public. Is there any documents or info I can see or just go talk with a shoreline expert?

 

[Tacklelogic]

There has not been a chemical introduced to control zebra mussels. There has however, been a cinch bug introduced to control the mill foil.

 

[bigugly]

The cinch bug was introduced years ago, I do remember that one. I missed seeing the harvester out there every year I loved mucking around in the weed piles as kids...lol

 

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carp population is a factor as well as overfishing

 

[ScugogBassFisher2011]

To my current knowledge, the decline of scugog walleye is due to a couple of factors, one being zebra mussels that make the water clearer, walleye like murky waters, two is over fishing, because they swim in schools, they are easily overfished, both during summer and winter ice fishing, and finally the high population of Black Crappie and other panfish may contribute to the decline of walleye fry leading to a decline of walleye. However, there are Walleye to fish in other lakes if you are interested in fishing that species. I heard Walleye tastes better than Crappie. The only one I caught I released.