spawn

[springhillwantabe]

with most of the ks lakes low and not much water fluctuation is there a chance the natural walleye spawn could be better than normal//

[Craig Johnson]

Ideal conditions in Kansas reservoirs would be low water going in to the spawn with rising water levels during the actual walleye spawn. Low water conditions over the winter allow the algae and silt to dry and fall off the rocks to provide good 'clean' rocks for the walleye to broadcast eggs on. Walleye eggs are adhesive after fertilization and the eggs will adhere to 'clean' rock much better than algae covered or silt covered rocks. Stable water conditions during the spawn can result in more algae/silt covering the rocks. One upside of drought conditions is that we haven't had any large releases for a couple of years which can flush game fish from the lakes.

[springhillwantabe]

thanks