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Hello. I am in complete agreement that some kind of meaningful action needs to be taken in regards to management of the walleye sport fishing resource on LOTW. I have been fishing on LOTW for 30 plus years, and in that time I have seen significant changes. More notably, the most significant changes I have observed (outside of typical “cycles”) have been in the last 5-8 years. Fewer large fish; more small fish; reduced average size; population density decrease (assumed);lower catch rates. All of this points to substantial changes to the resource requiring immediate action. We have no issues with a reduction in daily catch and possession limits however would caution against a slot (like the Winnipeg River). That seems to have created a massive population of small fish that, as soon as a fish reaches “legal”, it is kept.