Changes pending approval of the walleye initiative. You can find this info and more on Page 28 at http://ksoutdoors.com/content/download/47138/481598/version/1/file/Briefing+Book+21April16.pdf
• Kanopolis Reservoir -- change to an 18-inch minimum length limit on saugeye and walleye.
• Milford Reservoir -- change to a 21-inch minimum length limit and a 2/day creel limit on walleye.
• McPherson State Fishing Lake -- change to a 21-inch minimum length limit and a 2/day creel limit on saugeye.
• Graham County - Antelope Lake -- change to a 5/day creel limit on saugeye.
• Sabetha - Pony Creek Lake -- change to a 21-inch minimum length limit on walleye.
• Washington State Fishing Lake -- change to a 21-inch minimum length limit and a 2/day creel limit on saugeye.
• Shawnee County - Lake Shawnee -- change to an 18-inch minimum length limit on walleye.
• Lyon State Fishing Lake -- change to an 18-inch minimum length limit on saugeye.
• Mined Land Wildlife Area -- change to a 2/day creel limit on walleye.
• Shawnee State Fishing Lake -- change to an 18-inch minimum length limit and a 2/day creel limit on walleye.
• Howard - Polk Daniels Lake -- change to an 18-inch minimum length limit on saugeye.
• Madison City Lake -- change to an 18-inch minimum length limit on saugeye.
• Moline New City Lake -- change to an 18-inch minimum length limit on saugeye.
• Olpe City Lake -- change to an 18-inch minimum length limit on saugeye.
• Douglas State Fishing Lake -- change to an 18-inch minimum length limit on saugeye.
• Atchison State Fishing Lake -- remove the 18-inch minimum length limit and 2/day creel limit on walleye.
• Brown State Fishing Lake -- remove the 18-inch minimum length limit and 2/day creel limit on walleye.
• Leavenworth State Fishing Lake -- remove the 2/day creel limit on walleye.
Walleye/saugeye are much more efficient predators of crappie than are the wipers so in order to reduce crappie density walleye/saugeye are the better choice. Wipers are the more efficient predator on gizzard shad and are used to decrease shad densities. Sometimes wipers and walleye/saugeye are used in conjunction to reduce crappie density AND gizzard shad density. Reduction in adult gizzard shad population density usually results in a very productive shad spawn during the next spawning cycle. This produces abundant forage for smaller crappie and other gamefish in the form of young of the year gizzard shad. Reduced crappie population density coupled with abundant forage usually equates to improved growth rates of crappie.
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