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May 7, 2007
Biologists Tagging Walleye at Devils Lake, Anglers Should Report Fish
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has initiated a walleye tagging project this spring at Devils Lake. The project will provide information on walleye movements, total fish mortality between years, angling mortality rates and differences in mortality rates between sexes.
This is the first of four consecutive years biologists will tag 1,000 walleye at Devils Lake, according to Randy Hiltner, northeast district fisheries supervisor. “Anglers are asked to treat tagged walleye just like those that do not have a tag,” he said. “Meaning, it is important that anglers harvest fish they normally would harvest, and release fish they normally would release.”
Tags are orange and attached by wire to the top of the fish. The tag does not need to be sent in, just the information: tag number, kept or released, date caught, length, location, and angler’s name and address.
“It is important to report tagged fish,” Hiltner said. “The more tag reports we receive, the better the information will be for this research project.”
Tagged fish information can be reported by several methods. Anglers can bring in the information or call the Devils Lake Game and Fish office at 662-3617. Also, tag return cards can be filled out at bait shops around the lake, or reported online at the Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov.
A follow-up letter will be sent to the angler with information such as when and where the fish was tagged, and fish length at the time it was tagged.
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