Not so long ago i talked to an older gentleman who told me about all the fish he used to catch from a wooden rowboat towing a handline with a orange flatfish. Personally i have never been that lucky,however i do remember catching limits off of breezy point in hs using a beat up yellow mirro with a 3 hp johnson, using very basic stuff . I still love that se wind. Some fish are still here, but it is no mystery that the numbers are in fact down by allot, this is compounded by the fact that the resident population seems to get smarter each and every year. There are infact allot of things to blame,the common ones being gill nets, cormorants, greedy sports fisherman, invasive species,choose your poison. As sportsman/sportspeople all we can do is be stewards to the environment and the bay we all love. Walleye are vulnerable, spawning time is upon us keep an eye out for foul play and report it to the authorities. those are my thoughts