Reply With QuoteWhat happened to the walleye in Enid? Did they not do well in the warm climate? And thank you for the info.
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Restocking
It was said the big 4 get stocked as needed with our fishing pressure. Here is a list I got from the state. Looks like crappie were stocked once, 9 years ago.
Arkabutla:
Flatheads - 2009
Largemouth bass - 2013, 1988, and 1973
Enid:
Flatheads in 2012
Walleye – throughout the 1970s and early 1980s
White Bass – 1970, 1971
White crappie - 2008
Grenada:
Bluegill and Redear - late 1990s and early 2000s
Flathead catfish - 1995, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2012
Florida Bass – 1975, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997
Largemouth bass – 1973, 1977, 1986, 2013
Striped bass – 1970s – mid 1980s
Hybrid striped bass – 1977, 1984, 1987
Sardis:
Striped bass – 70-mid 80s
Hybrids – 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987
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What happened to the walleye in Enid? Did they not do well in the warm climate? And thank you for the info.
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That could be the solution to a bad spawning year. Just restock or just do it to replace the heavy fishing pressure of the last years. They could raise license fees if needed to pay for it. I don't think many fisherman would complain but I could be wrong. I would pay more to be able to catch more and have more fun, even though I catch and release mostly.
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Seems to me Mother Nature does a pretty good job of restocking our lakes. Can't remember in 40 years when we didn't have up years and down years on these lakes. Yet we still go out and catch fish. Let the game and fish guys take care of it. Restocking is for places that can't reproduce enough to keep up. So far the big four are keeping up pretty good.
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Think that was cane's point delta, there is no need to restock these lakes. One lake that needed a boost in 75 years, I think that's good news. Like slabin says often, the biggest restocking needed on these lake is habitat created by the fishermen for the fish to continue to thrive.
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Ya done some good digging there, Cane. Thanks for the info.
I wish we had a public forum with the game and fish personnel more often. Biologists especially. I know they are an understaffed and a busy bunch, but I do believe that they could clear the air, and with a few facts, they could resolve some of the disagreements in the fishing community. I also think that the lakes are healthy and just each in a different part of their natural cycle. I wouldn't mind a bump in fees just to see more thorough enforcement of the current regs.
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Another thing to take away from this is: where are the best crappie in those four lakes inch for inch??? It's not Enid and that is where fish were introduced that maybe weren't native to that water. Enid holds the state record for one of them and Butla the other so apparently at one point the fish and Enid were just as good as the others. I never fished Enid till 2010 and the numbers of shorts was enormous but I think what they did worked. Enid has been very good these last 2 years and don't see it changing in the near future judging by the classes of fish we have been catching.
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I'm not as old as most u guys but I've seen a stripe or walleye on the big 4. I started crappie fishing in 97 and Enid was slam full of fish. We mainly jigged the under water brush piles in 5 to 6 fow. We could sit there on one brush pile and catch 20 fish. There are times I remember catching 50 plus keepers off of one brush pile. The fish were small in length but healthy. Back then you could keep 30 fish 10 inches or better. You didn't have to measure the fish. We didn't even have a ruler in the boat back then. Times have changed, I haven't caught 10 plus fish off a brush pile in a long time. The fish are bigger now though. Before I started my older friends tell me the lake had some really big crappie. I think the guide curve and the loss of structure really hurt Enid until they moved to the 12 inch size. Who knows, I'm no biologist
