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I was crawfish diving at Ririe and saw some strange fish. I though they must be sick smallies or something. Then a guy at work heard that somebody has illegally transplanted walleye up there, and the Fish and Game are saying that if they take hold it will ruin the Kokanee and Trout fishing up there forever. Has anybody else heard anything about this. If its true it makes me sick. The fish and Game probably won't do anything until its to late, and then they'll spend tons of money killing off the whole lake and it will be years before its worth fishing again. I know alot of people don't agree with the way the Fish and Game manage certain lakes, but when you take it into your own hands to introduce a new species into a lake you are only making things worse.
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There are many lakes in Wyoming where walleyes and trout co-exsist. They like different temps so I wouldnt worry, I would welcome the walleye fishing, and no, it wasn't me that put them there !!
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There has been several reports on this on the news and in the papers. F&G was to start electro shocking and gill netting i thought this week or first of next week and killing all walley they took to reduce the numbers. If I recall, they were looking to see if the walleye had already spawned in Ririe as they had already taken a fair number in one of the gill net surveys for other fish species.
I agree to a point that the walleye and trout and other species use different species and water temps, but it still isnt right for us to take it into our own hands to introduce species that we want. Yea walleye fishing in Ririe will be awesome if they take, but what will the overall impact be on the other species. This illegal introduction had to be done at least several years ago, as was the crappie introduciton in Twin Lakes that was done illegally.
Remember, some waters were designated for certain speices and others for other species. It can kill all of our fisheries if we mess with it in the wrong way.
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Maybe what you seen was mottled sculpin? There is a big population of them in Ririe res. They are weird looking fish.
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I have also heard the rumor of Walleye in Ririe. Heard about 2 weeks ago some guy caught 2 of them. I don't agree with how they got there, but I do agree there are many lakes with trout and walleye that do just fine. I would love to see these fish take hold and have some walleye fishing on the east side of the state.
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So what exactly do walleye eat?
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I am not an expert by a long shot on what walleye eat at all, but, one of the reports that I heard and have had others tell me is that being a predator fish, they will clean up on a lot of the chubs and suckers, etc garbage fish before they start taking the trout. And yes, i have also seen them co-exist with trout and other species just fine, Oneida is one local example. Guess i need to google it and find out more on what they do eat for sure.
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I am a little worried about this. The last couple of years it seems like Ririe was in a perfect balance. I do not fish it that much in the summer but in the winter I was catching Kokanee, Cutts, and lots of nice perch. I do not know what walleye will do to that but I would imagine they will eat the perchlets by the ton.
I do not think the F&G are worried about what happens in that Res as much as what happens if the walleye flush down stream.
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What ever fish they put in Ririe end up finding their way down to the river. We used to fish the outlet channel that goes from the reservoir straight to the river that is lined with all the rocks. There is a place where it goes underneath another canal and all the fish that get swept down stream would hold up under that canal. And we caught alot of fish under there including those splake. And we would also fish where it dumps into the river and we caught splake down there to. As far as I know they never put any splake in the river, only in Ririe. So it won't be long before they find their way to the river. Everybody who says that walleye will live with trout, how about with kokanee?
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Here is a little information I found on them. Looks like they eat just about anything, except Pike or Muskie who eat them.
[url "http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_18958-45694--,00.html"]http://www.michigan.gov/...8958-45694--,00.html[/url]
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