Walleye stocking Beaver lake

[Quillback]

Saw this on the AGFC hatchery newsletter.

5/21 - 53,203

5/22 - 48,542

6/4 - 17,190

1.5" fingerling walleye.

[J-Doc]

That's a lot of little walters. 

[Stump bumper]

Does anyone know the survival rate?

[Quillback]

I think survival depends on water conditions to some degree.  Seems I remember seeing somewhere that some percentage of walleye that are kept are hatchery origin, 40-60% maybe.

If one of the AGFC bios see this they probably have a number.

[J-Doc]

If they survive like John Cena........the lake is in trouble.  LOL!

[Notropis]

Should be good survival this year due to the large amount of submerged terrestrial vegetation providing nursery habitat.  Walleye fingerlings have an advantage over the other fingerling species because of their early start and larger size.  I wouldn't be surprised if many of the walleye fingerlings stocked this year are already 9-10 inches, with some being even larger. 

[J-Doc]

Man those things grow faster than my 5yrs olds feet!  That's a big jump in length.