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Old 06-20-2017, 04:56 PM
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Default Re: Phat night time walleye

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Originally Posted by Chrisper4694 View Post
What they didnt tell you is that the survival rate of gill netted fish is about 50%. Asked them once while they were pulling up nets one year and thats what they told us...i couldnt believe it was such a low rate
Holy crap then why do it? Don't they need them alive to bring them back to the hatchery to collect for spawning? Or are they just trapping and releasing to get population estimates?
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