The lake is stocked with approx 150,000 to 300,000 fingerlings 1-2 inches on a annual basis now and in years past it was every other year.
Normal 1 year survival rate is 1%........So 1500 to 3000 make it to 1year in the lake.Fishing pressure has increased dramatically for Walleyes in Stockton lake along with the increase in Canadian Cormorants by the thousands on our lake(those large flocks of black birds that look like ducks that you see everywhere on the lake).The Cormorants gorge themselves on fish eggs and then target the fingerlings Walleye being their food of preference,these deep diving birds devour the future stock in large numbers.
If the stocking program is not increased to a realistic level the future of our Walleye population is in jeopardy.