In response to concerns that the Department of Natural Resources may be focusing its fish plantings of walleye in other locations than Little Bay de Noc with the strain from the bay, Patrick Hanchin, DNR Lake Superior Basin Coordinator, says the number of walleyes being planted in Lake Superior is misleading because it is the smaller fry compared to the older fingerlings planted in Lake Michigan.

 

The concern from Bay de Noc Great Lakes Sport Fishermen is that more Little Bay de Noc strain of walleye are being planted in Lake Superior than Little Bay de Noc.

 

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