fishhatchVCBismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Game and Fish Department report, it has partnered with the Fish and Wildlife Service to make improvements to the 50-year-old Valley City hatchery, which resulted in a hatchery record 2.5 million walleye fingerlings produced this year.

Meanwhile, Game and Fish reports record numbers of Lakes Stocked with Walleye. Personnel recently wrapped up stocking walleye in a record 133 lakes across the state. Jerry Weigel, fisheries production and development supervisor, said thanks to the excellent walleye fingerling production from the Garrison Dam and Valley City national fish hatcheries, these waters received nearly 10 million fingerlings.

Weigel adds, that stocking conditions were optimal this year, with cooler weather and increasing water levels at many lakes, adding “Later this fall fisheries personal will sample walleye lakes to access the success of this year’s walleye stocking, as well as what Mother Nature provides.”

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