WALLEYE IN OREGON
I was able to identify 6 examples of the walleye in Oregon, all in the Columbia River, from 1967 to 2006: 1 in the Columbia River at Borbett in 1967, 1 in the Columbia River in 1979, 1 in the Columbia River in 1990*, and 3 in the Columbia River in 2006*.
(* = not included in the USGS table for the walleye)
The USGS table for the walleye omits three of the six, or 50% of the examples of the walleye in Oregon in this study, and omits all of the examples of the walleye from 1990 to 2006. Why?
In 1967, the walleye winked into existence in the Columbia River at Borbett, Oregon, at a weight and length obfuscated by the USGS. It would remain in existence there only briefly. In 1967, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye disappeared from the lower Columbia River. It would remain absent for twelve years. In 1979, after an absence of twelve years, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River. It would once again remain in existence there only briefly. In 1979, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye once again disappeared from the Columbia River. It would remain absent for eleven years. In 1990, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River in Oregon at a state-record 19 pounds, 15.3 ounces. It would remain in existence there only briefly. In 1990, or soon after, the walleye once again disappeared from the Columbia River. In February 2006, after an absence of sixteen years, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River at the thin threshold weights of 9.5 pounds and 10.5 pounds. Then, over the next three months, it increased in size by 167%, to an unofficial world record 25.4-pounds. In 2006, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye disappeared from the Columbia River, and remains absent to this day.
On August 21, 1967, in the absence of any walleye stocking there, Oregon State University collected a single walleye specimen in the lower Columbia River at Borbett, Oregon.
Despite the lack of any walleye stocking there, and the fact that this was just a single example, the USGS nevertheless brazenly stated the walleye to be “established” there in 1967, with a potential pathway of “stocked for sport”.
The lack of any walleye stocking on the Columbia River proves that the USGS’s assertion that the source of the single walleye specimen collected there in 1967 is false.
The fact that a single example does not consitute an established population proves that the USGS’s assertion that the walleye was established in the Columbia River in 1967 is false.
In 1967, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye disappeared from the lower Columbia River. It would remain absent for twelve years. In 1979, after an absence of twelve years, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River. It would once again remain in existence there only briefly. In 1979, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye once again disappeared from the Columbia River. It would remain absent for eleven years. In 1990, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River in Oregon at a state-record 19 pounds, 15.3 ounces. It would remain in existence there only briefly. In 1990, or soon after, the walleye once again disappeared from the Columbia River. In February 2006, after an absence of sixteen years, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River at the thin threshold weights of 9.5 pounds and 10.5 pounds. Then, over the next three months, it increased in size by 167%, to an unofficial world record 25.4-pounds. In 2006, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye disappeared from the Columbia River, and remains absent to this day.
From 1979 to 1990, the walleye in Oregon increased in size by 27.3%, from 19 pounds, 15.3 ounces to 25.4 pounds.
In 1979, after an absence of twelve years, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River. It would once again remain in existence there only briefly. In 1979, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye once again disappeared from the Columbia River. It would remain absent for eleven years. In 1990, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River in Oregon at a state-record 19 pounds, 15.3 ounces. It would remain in existence there only briefly. In 1990, or soon after, the walleye once again disappeared from the Columbia River. In February 2006, after an absence of sixteen years, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River at the thin threshold weights of 9.5 pounds and 10.5 pounds. Then, over the next three months, it increased in size by 167%, to an unofficial world record 25.4-pounds. In 2006, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye disappeared from the Columbia River, and remains absent to this day.
In 1979, the California Academy of Sciences published “List of the fishes of California”, by C.L. Hobbs, W.I. Follett and L.J. Dempster which asserted that the walleye was “now spreading throughout the Columbia (River) system; may have been first introduced to WA in the 1960s by the federal government”, this in the absence of any walleye stocking on the Columbia.
The USGS lists the walleye as “established” in the Columbia”, with a potential pathway of the walleye as “stocked for sport”.
The fact that there has never been any walleye stocking in the Columbia River proves that the USGS’s assertion that the source of the walleye in the Columbia River in Oregon in 1979 is false.
In 1979, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye once again disappeared from the Columbia River. It would remain absent for eleven years. In 1990, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River in Oregon at a state-record 19 pounds, 15.3 ounces. It would remain in existence there only briefly. In 1990, or soon after, the walleye once again disappeared from the Columbia River. In February 2006, after an absence of sixteen years, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River at the thin threshold weights of 9.5 pounds and 10.5 pounds. Then, over the next three months, it increased in size by 167%, to an unofficial world record 25.4-pounds. In 2006, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye disappeared from the Columbia River, and remains absent to this day.
In 1990, after an absence of eleven years, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River in Oregon at a state-record 19 pounds, 15.3 ounces. It would remain in existence there only briefly. In 1990, or soon after, the walleye once again disappeared from the Columbia River. In February 2006, after an absence of sixteen years, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River at the thin threshold weights of 9.5 pounds and 10.5 pounds. Then, over the next three months, it increased in size by 167%, to an unofficial world record 25.4-pounds. In 2006, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye disappeared from the Columbia River, and remains absent to this day.
In 1990, Arnold Berg caught the first-ever Oregon state record walleye in the Columbia River. It weighed 19 pounds, 15.3 ounces.
The USGS table for the walleye does not list the first, only and current Oregon state record walleye from 1990. Why?
In 1990, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye once again disappeared from the Columbia River. In February 2006, after an absence of sixteen years, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River at the thin threshold weights of 9.5 pounds and 10.5 pounds. Then, over the next three months, it increased in size by 167%, to an unofficial world record 25.4-pounds. In 2006, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye disappeared from the Columbia River, and remains absent to this day.
In February 2006, after an absence of sixteen years, the walleye winked back into existence in the Columbia River at the thin threshold weights of 9.5 pounds and 10.5 pounds. Then, over the next three months, it increased in size by 167%, to an unofficial world record 25.4-pounds. In 2006, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye disappeared from the Columbia River, and remains absent to this day.
In February 2006, Mike Hepper and Ron Humbyrd caught two walleye in the Columbia River at the Snake River. They weighed 9.5 pounds and 10.5 pounds.
The USGS table for the walleye does not include either of these examples. Why?
In April 2006, Ed Iman caught the unofficial world record walleye in the Columbia River in Oregon. It weighed 25.4 pounds.
In 2006, or soon after, after less than a year in existence there, the walleye disappeared from the Columbia River, and remains absent to this day.
