No increase expected in walleye, yellow perch limits

Despite stellar growth reports for a few years running, recreational anglers banking on Lake Erie’s walleye and yellow perch production won’t see any alteration in the bottom line this year.

The bottom line, as far as fishermen are concerned, is the daily catch limit set by the Ohio Division of Wildlife.

“Same as 2017,” said Travis Hartman, the division’s Lake Erie fish management program administrator. That’s “30 fish per day in all Ohio waters for yellow perch, and six fish per day for walleye from May 1 through the end of February.”

To be clear, the daily walleye limit on Lake Erie and its tributaries drops to four during the spawning season, March 1 through April 30. Also, the division maintains guidelines that trigger increases or decreases in the daily catch limit dependent on the current estimated population of walleye and yellow perch lakewide.