Walleye tagging studies
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department continues to conduct walleye tagging studies across the state.
At Lake Sakakawea, the fisheries biologists are in the second year of a four-year walleye tagging study. The goal on Sakakawea is to tag about 3,000 walleyes per year, a target fisheries biologists more than met this year when it fit 3,188 fish with metal jaw tags.
Another project was conducted at Lake Josephine in Kidder County where nearly 500 walleyes were tagged.
In both waters, the respective tagging studies will provide biologists with information, including angling mortality, that will help to properly manage the fisheries.
Anglers can help both tagging studies by reporting any tagged fish on the Game and Fish website at gf.nd.gov, or by calling 328-6300. Anglers will receive follow-up correspondence from a fisheries biologist containing biological information of their fish.