In addition to the cormorant removal program, the DNR is stocking Leech with walleye fry for the next three years. This past week they put 7.5 million fry in the water, of which they expect 15 to 30% to survive and grow to 5 or 6" long by September. Several years from now, when they reach game fish size, the surviving percentage will have dropped to about 1% to 2%. Recovery to pre-cormorant fishing conditions is expected to take 5 years or more. As a long-time resident of the area,I'm happy to write that the DNR, the tribe, and the local community have done an excellent job of addressing this problem. As for the hand-wringers who would continue to delay and study and delay and study some more, they are, as Don Rumsfeld would say: "Not helpful".
Thanks...I figgered there'd be a Freeper with firsthand knowledge of the situation.