>>1088400the silt is likely why you don't have walleyes in there naturally. are there any beaver dams in the upstream creek up to the other lake?
>one corner of the lake where a small creek feeds in, is very shallow and swampy with a lot of cattails.this is probably excellent northern pike spawning habitat
>the lake has two small creeks. one feeds in from another lake and the one going out goes off into the woods somewhere i've never actually walked to the end of it.unless these creeks are obviously deep enough to look comfortable for adult desired fish to move freely back and fourth, you should not worry about fish leaving. i would be more concerned with invasives/undesirables introduced in the adjecent water bodies, or already in yours. introduced alewives are notorious for preventing a naturally reproducing walleye pop, as is an unnaturally silty bottom. walleye eggs are super sensitive to being silted over, thats why most lakes prevent them from ever successfully establishing yet, nasty, silty rivers will often have natural walleyes.
i think you already alluded to being aware of the silt issue in your OP, i am not trying to insult your intelligence. if you were to drop in some habitat to help walleyes reproduce naturally, you would be best to do it with big ass craggy rocks, not little babby pebbles from a gravel pit, they will get silted in as you said.
>but wtf craggy rocks are so heavy?you need to load a dump truck with them, and drive it out onto the ice and drop the rocks where you want your reefs.
>i'm 99% sure there are only pike and perch in theresounds like heaven in its current state already and likely well balanced.
you'll need to find a source for fry/fingerlings of course but if you have the money and the dedication to getting some habitat in place, you honestly could probably make that lake even more badass.
a disclaimer for you: talk to a DNR biologist to make sure you're not wasting your time, as another fishanon has mentioned.
