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I am not sure what the solution is... changing the size restrictions will only mean shifting the pressure. It makes sense that the hardest hit fish population is going to be that which is closest to the size limit. Increase or decrease the 18.1 and in a few seasons you might be posting "I have a hard time catching walleye just under..." I don't know what can be done - aside from cutting the possession limit in half, which would mean only half the fish caught, and I am not in favor of that, or some overly complicated regulation that probably wouldn't work anyway. That being said, when I guided on Lac Seul there was a no culling regulation... all walleye kept had to be killed, thus people couldn't 'trade up' their fish. Maybe something like this, applied province wide, would help. I have noticed a lot more big fish in almost every system I fish. Maybe not 15lbs + fish Roger, but big fish nonetheless.