It's been four years and four MNRF Ministers since Jamie pledged his support for the Save the Walleye Campaign. That's four replays of the same song to four different Ministers in power. Things have been bad for so long that we are losing the culture of fishing in the...

In June the Save the Walleye committee had a very successful phone meeting with Trent-Severn Waterway. We discussed what should be done to improve the Bobcaygeon spawning bed and TSW asked for a work description to be reviewed which, if approved, could mean repairs ...

MP Jamie Schmale and MPP Laurie Scott met with The Honourable Nathalie Des Rosiers, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry. Though a short meeting, an accurate description of the state of the walleye fishery was conveyed, and line-items were presented that...

Today we met with TSW staff. Our meeting was to talk again about how very important it is that, in managing the water levels on the system, more consideration needs to be given to the fishery. The lakes have been drained lower and lower every winter—to unnaturally low levels! We were not given an concrete answer other than that the TSW will “dedicate some staff time to discussing” our proposal and will monitor water conditions closely in April. It has been 2.5 years since we first made these requests to the TSW. Certainly, the staff has changed over there twice in that time. But it is difficult to hear that only now will the TSW talk about managing water differently. And… just for this April. We are looking at a mandated policy change. We want more weight put on aquatic life in the TSW’s calculations, this year and all years to come.

The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) called all concerned parties to their boardroom on behalf of MP Jamie Schmale to discuss water level management and spawning bed repair as it applies to walleye survival in Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock. The meeting was a positive step in the right direction, and a big thank you goes out to the OFAH for…

MP Jamie Schmale meets with MNRF to talk about the current state of the fishery and how the dams and water levels have affected the fishery.

First meeting with TSW to request: 1. Use stop log dams to control water levels in April to protect the spawning beds. 2. Don’t use the hydraulic dams that open from the bottom, scrub the lake bed, and don’t have the back swirl effect that adds oxygen needed by spawn....