Posted By: Strut10
Walleyes in a pond.....Question - 05/24/22 01:52 AM
So, my parents had a spring-fed pond put in beside their house about 22 years ago. It's maybe 1/4 acre pond............8 or 9 feet maximum depth. The initial stocking was with golden shiners, yellow perch and walleye fingerlings. Later on some crappies and rainbow trout were added.
This past Saturday, my nephew was fishing in the pond and lost a 15-20 inch fish right at the bank. The way he described it.............it was a walleye. He knows it wasn't a trout or a perch.
Sooooooo................ Is it in any way possible that, #1........a walleye could live for 22 years ??? #2. That if it did live 22 years, it'd only be 15-20 inches ??? Or, #3..........that walleyes could spawn in a pond ?? There IS a shale rock bottom on the one end. But no real current of any sort.
I'm befuddled.
This past Saturday, my nephew was fishing in the pond and lost a 15-20 inch fish right at the bank. The way he described it.............it was a walleye. He knows it wasn't a trout or a perch.
Sooooooo................ Is it in any way possible that, #1........a walleye could live for 22 years ??? #2. That if it did live 22 years, it'd only be 15-20 inches ??? Or, #3..........that walleyes could spawn in a pond ?? There IS a shale rock bottom on the one end. But no real current of any sort.
I'm befuddled.