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Member Posts: 1195 Location: Orland Park, IL | In all the bay of quinte trips, we caught 1 tagged fish. It was released, however, we followed up with the MNR to get some more information about the fish. See below. Thought it was interesting. ==================================================== Below are some graphs of walleye length and weight at age for your interest. These measurements were made on over 2100 walleye caught during the last 5 years in our routine index netting programs in the Bay of Quinte and eastern Lake Ontario. These fish were measured during the summer months. Fish caught at other times of year would have significantly different WEIGHT at the same AGE. For example, fish caught in late fall and early winter are heavier than those caught in the summer. Also, these lengths and weights are averages and individual fish can be bigger or smaller than the average at any given age. A 10 to 11 lb fish in the summer is huge and equivalent to a 12 lb plus fish in the fall or winter. A fish greater than 32 inches total length is huge at any time of year. Females are larger than males. Males mature one year sooner than females and this accounts for the growth difference. Most males begin to mature at age 3 years and spawn for the first time at age 4 years. Most females spawn for the first time at age 5 years. Your tagged fish was likely about 5 years-old when tagged; that would put it at about 17 years-old when you caught it. I have seen male fish as large as your fish but most likely it was a female based on its size. Your fish was caught and tagged at Witlow Point which is located just inside Hay Bay (see map below). So, that’s not too far from where you caught the fish. But remember, mature walleye migrate to Lake Ontario for summer months then return to the Bay of Quinte in the fall and winter to spawn in the spring. James A. Hoyle, Assessment Biologist Lake Ontario Management Unit Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources PS fish was tagged in Haybay. We caught him east of Glenora, north side of lake, second point. Edited by Mark Komo 2/16/2012 8:37 AM Attachments ----------------  Walleye Length BOQ.gif (5KB - 198 downloads) Walleye Weight BOQ.gif (5KB - 198 downloads) Haybay.gif (126KB - 183 downloads) | ||
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