Survival of this year's Lake Erie walleye hatch at the low end
Outstanding Lake Erie walleye fishing delighted anglers all along the Ohio shoreline this summer.D’Arcy Egan, special to cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Each August, the Ohio Division of Wlidlife trawls the Western Basin of Lake Erie for young walleye to estimate how many survived the spring hatch.
The numbers have been extraordinary over the past several years, contributing to what has been the best walleye fishing on Lake Erie “that anyone has seen in their lifetime,” said Travis Hartman, Lake Erie Fisheries Program administrator for the Division of Wildlife..
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