Officials with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources said its 2025 walleye trawl survey data found 128 walleye per hectare in Lake Erie’s western basin. This ranks as the sixth largest hatch of 38 years of surveys and is well above the average of 57 fish per hectare. Read the full story by the Star Beacon.
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