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Originally Posted by Don Meredith
There has been some argument whether walleye were ever in the lake. Old federal commercial fishing reports dating before 1920 refer to "pickerel" being caught. So, it's likely they were present. But there were no reports of walleye being caught since then. The lake got along without them for a long time. The Wabamun power plant was built in the 1950s, so the only effect it had on walleye was preventing them being introduced. What effect the lack of open water during the winter has had on the fish is yet to be studied, at least as far as I know.
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Considering pike survive in colder lakes up north and get to trophy size along side walleye with no problems what so ever I think the lack of open water in the winter will not affect them considering the lake in places is over 40ft deep.
Gbuss