Were the studies where this…

Is the data in the study representative of the whole lake? Or just the Ontario portion of LOTW?

American regulations allowing for a limit of 6 walleye each must have a significant affect on Walleye related biomass. Especially when considering the increased amount of pressure the southern basin recieves during the Winter months.

Are the same changes going to be made in the souther basin on Lake of the Woods? If not, will changes made here ultimately prove advantageous if our neighbours don’t increase their conservation efforts.

I am all for stricter regulations if it helps the future sustainability of the lake but if a third of the Lake isnt being managed effectively I cant imagine changes at this wnd will be overly effective.

I believe the current regulation allowing a 4 fish limit for sport fishing is more than enough and dropping the limit to 3 across the province could be beneficial.

Over the past 20ish years I have witnessed how the Walleye populations on the Ontario side of the Winnipeg River has rebounded after the introduction of the 35-45 cm slot size. I personally find this to be the ideal size and impose the same limit on other lakes in the area when able to do so.

In regards to LOTW I feel that reducing walleye limits to 2 fish would simply move the pressure from Lake of the Woods to other lakes in the area like that cannot support increased angling pressures and would result in similar issues to LOTW elsewhere.

I believe increases efforts to enforce regulations whether changes are made or not is equally important. There are not enough Conservation officers present on a lake the size of LOTW. I haven’t encountered CO’s once on the lake in the past 2 years. And hear/see far too often of people willfully disregarding regulations.

Wasteful commercial and traditional fishing practices are another point of concern and I feel like not enough information is provided publicly on how these harvests are managed and limita enforced.