Lake Erie Walleye, by award winning author Mark Hicks . Today's Lake Erie, with its clear water and splendid fishing, is the positive result of anti-pollution measures, commercial netting regulations and other factors. Lately the walleyes have grown more elusive due to the zebra mussel, which invaded the Great Lakes in the late 1980s. This tiny, nonindigenous shellfish has thrived. It so efficiently filters plankton from the water that Lake Erie has grown markedly clearer.
Walleyes now feed more at night and have become notably boat shy during the day.
Catching walleyes from Lake Erie today requires anglers to alter their fishing strategies. That's where Lake Erie Walleye can help. The book details how Lake Erie walleye are responding to continuing environmental changes and reveals the latest and most productive fishing methods used here by eminent charter captains and the nation's top professional walleye anglers. Lake Erie will continue producing great walleye fishing in the years ahead. Lake Erie Walleye will help anyone take advantage of this exciting fishery.