Illinois walleye anglers, well, and sauger and sauger anglers, too, have an unique opportunity to both gather information of the species and compete.
Here is the gist from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources:
Walleye Illinois anglers who chase walleye, sauger or saugeye are invited to participate in the virtual Midwest Walleye Challenge in 2024. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has teamed up with other states, provinces, and developers and researchers at Anglers Atlas to launch this year’s competition.
Information gathered through the competition will assist Illinois in providing anglers with important data and add to biologists’ knowledge of various waterbodies.
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The Midwest Walleye Challenge uses the mobile app MyCatch to record the length of each fish caught. Anglers take a picture of the fish on a measuring device using the app, and once the fish is reviewed by the catch team and meets the rules, it appears on a live leaderboard where anglers can see who is in the lead.
Anglers can go online to view the rules and sign up to participate.
Go to dnr.illinois.gov/press-release.29561.html for the complete release from the IDNR.