AUTHORS: Nick Schlesser, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
ABSTRACT: The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) provides intensive monitoring for the ten largest Walleye (Sander vitreus) lakes in Minnesota through the Large Lake Program. Lake Pepin, located in Pool 4 of the Mississippi River, is the southern most body of water in Minnesota’s Large Lake Program. With a 60-year history of annual sampling the Walleye population from Lake Pepin has been monitored through exposure to numerous stressors but remains one of the most productive fisheries in Minnesota. How some of these stressors have impacted the population and what aspects of the population make it resilient to change will be discussed.
