Mike Hamsa of Yutan, a fishing guide with The Walleye Guys, holds a walleye he caught while fishing on Lewis and Clark Lake State Recreation Area in Knox County. (Photo by Eric Fowler/of Nebraskaland Magazine/NGPC, and provided by Nebraska Game and Parks.)
Biologists are continuing to tag and track walleye and sauger in the Missouri River and Lewis and Clark Lake between Fort Randall and Gavins Point dams as part of an effort to understand declines in the fishery following historic flooding in 2011.
Since 2021, 201 fish have been tagged in the river and reservoir as part of a study of fish movement. The fish sport metal jaw tags, but also have acoust…
