Photo: A Bull Shoals walleye tagged with an orange dorsal fin tag and a transmitter, with the incision site shown.
Biologists from North Central Arkansas have partnered with fisheries biologists from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and researchers with the University of Missouri to study the movements of walleye in Bull Shoals Lake. Biologists collected walleye from below the Powersite Dam, Big Creek, Theodosia arm and the Bull Shoals Lake Dam over the past two weeks.
In all, 60 walleye were implanted with transmitters to track their movements over the next few years. The small transmitters are surgically implanted in each walleye; this process is safely monitored to ensure the survival of each fish.