Forest and Florence County Walleye Recovery
By Liz Holbrook Mar 12, 2021 2:17 PM RHINELANDER, WI (WSAU-WXPR) — Walleye populations have shown signs of recovery on a couple of Forest and Florence County lakes. The Wisconsin DNR attributes the recovery to a black bullhead removal project. Greg Matzke is a DNR Fisheries Biologist based in Florence and Forest Counties. He tells WXPR Radio the bullhead removal project was started in 2008 on Lake Metonga by the Sokaogon Chippewa Community fishery. Mike Pruel started it by removing 32-thousand black bullheads from the lake. “So when we look at the differences for pre and post remo...
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