Record Walleye production will boost fisheries

Walleye fingerling stocking wrapped up with Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery setting a record just short of 12 million fingerlings produced.

Distribution trucks traveled more than 12,000 miles over a two-week period to stock the fish, according to Jerry Weigel, North Dakota Game and Fish Department fish production/development section supervisor.

When combined with fingerling production from Valle…