Monday, April 16, 2007

More Water, Better Fish Habitat??

From Sunday Janesville Gazette - not posted on their website -

"Flood conditions in the Rock River system with high flows and souring currents typically lead to excellent reproduction and recruitment in the walleye population."
Don Bush, DNR Fisheries Biologist

"This was the case back in 2004, resulting in both greater numbers and larger size in walleye fingerlings that year.
Don Bush, DNR Fisheries Biologist

High water greatly increases available habitat in the Rock River basin.
Ted Peck, Outdoors Columnist

"If high water and flow continues into early summer, there will be plenty of forage in the system to grow this year's walleye fingerlings into the fall."
Don Bush, DNR Fisheries Biologist