The 2025 TAC for walleye is 11.4 million fish, a decrease of 1.5 million, or about 11.6%, from the 2024 TAC of about 12.9 million. The actual walleye harvest in 2024 was about 8.5 million lakewide.

Fishing rigs are not complicated, but on some days, the fish can make you feel that we need more variations that we can understand. The perch or crappie wire spreader rig with a 1-ounce sinker on the ...