Anglers who fish walleyes in Wisconsin -- or others just interested in walleye management there -- can take an online survey to help shape the state's future walleye stocking strategy.

The state is spending $13 million to upgrade facilities and increase operating funds to significantly boost the number of larger walleyes stocked in Wisconsin.

"The Wisconsin Walleye Initiative has the capacity to increase seven, eight, even 10 times the number of larger walleye for stocking in Wisconsin waters where natural reproduction isn't getting the job done," Ron Bruch, a Department of Natural Resources fisheries section chief, said in a news release.

"That increase is significant, and we need to take a look both at our walleye stocking strategy and our walleye management plan in general. We want to hear what the public thinks are the most important considerations for how we manage walleye fisheries in the future and for where we put these fish."

The survey is found on DNR's Wisconsin Walleye Initiative Web page, which contains a variety of materials relating to the walleye initiative. It can be reached from DNR's home page by searching for "walleye" and clicking on the "take the survey" link.

The survey is part of DNR's ongoing efforts to reach out to walleye enthusiasts, tribes and business interests with a stake in walleye fishing in Wisconsin to help chart the future, Bruch says.

Bruch says that results from the survey will be incorporated into the stocking strategy that state fisheries officials present to the state Natural Resources board in December. That stocking strategy needs to be determined soon for DNR to figure out logistics for where to raise the fish, how many of particular strains, and where to deliver them next year.