Walleye

The winning continues! During May 2022, two anglers each caught and turned in a reward-tagged walleye from Lake Pend Oreille by participating in the angler incentive program.

Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologists track acoustic-tagged walleye to learn more about their movements and to help anglers effectively target walleye and participate in the Lake Pend Oreille angler incentive program.

Spring 2022 marked the fifth year of netting operations to help control the walleye population in Lake Pend Oreille.

Although walleye are still concentrated near the Sandpoint-area bridges, Oden Bay, Kootenai Bay and around Fisherman’s Island, the most obvious change since the late-August blog is the increasing number of walleye moving to the Clark Fork delta and up the Clark Fork River.