watch live Statewide, the DNR met its quota of 4,400 quarts of walleye eggs, Drewes said. There are about 120,000 eggs in a quart, he said. Egg-taking operations were closed to the public this year as part of the DNR’s COVID-19 safety measures. Persistent cold, windy weather for much of April resulted in “grueling” conditions for fisheries workers, Drewes said, but crews were able to meet the DNR’s statewide stocking quota, which included 500 to 600 extra quarts of eggs to make up for some of last year’s lack of fry stocking. “It’s been a grind for the spawning operation with all these weather changes and the cold weather, but the good news is we achieved our quota,” he said. “We were not anticipating the success we had. At any day in the game, we weren’t sure we were going to get to the finish line.”