Just got word that our walleye foraging study has been approved by the SPA and we have funding for our fall study.
Our initial goal is to determine the effects of water temperature, water clarity and light intensity on young of the year walleye foraging. Due to increasing water clarities from invasives like dreissenid mussels, it is thought that the thermal-optical habitat needed to produce strong walleye year classes is on the decline. Our study aims to tease out the habitat requirements needed for successful foraging.
