Study Set on Where Walleyes Travel in Lake Francis Case

Study set on where walleyes travel in Lake Francis Case

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- An Oacoma man's plea for reducing the daily limit of walleyes anglers on Lake Francis Case can keep during the winter months has been turned down. Wes Chmela wanted the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission to cut the daily limit in half, from four walleyes to two, for the [...]

South Dakota GF&P commissioners say no to lowering walleye limit

PIERRE — Walleye limits are fine as they stand. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department denied a petition from an Oacoma man who sought to cut the state’s walleye limit in half for the first three months of the year on a portion of the Missouri River. Wes Chmela spoke on Thursday, April 9, during the regular GF&P commission meeting in Pierre. He has fished in the Chamberlain area his entire life but said in recent years there’s been “a …