Walleye fishery booming in Pennsylvania reaches of Lake Erie

Lake Erie walleye anglers this year enjoyed the second-highest catch rates since 1996, according to the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.
Catch rates from May through September averaged 1.71 walleyes per hour, which is more than double the 20-year average since 2004 of 0.7 per hour, according to Mike Hosack, a fisheries biologist with the commission’s Lake Erie Unit.

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