I am very happy to see this thread!! This particular forum always has multiple active threads with pictures of large dead fish, stories of multiple limits being taken, and stories of coolers getting stuffed night after night. Of course that is all legal, but like the original poster said, a body of water can only sustain a certain amount of harvest.
Maybe the SLR can handle the current level of harvest, but maybe it can't. You never know until it's too late.
Slot limits are great and I support them. But even MORE important are lower creel limits. I like the idea of 3, but I'd even support 2 and maybe even 1.
Walleye, more than any other fish, are susceptible to over-harvest. They are fun to catch and taste delicious. They are also sensitive to spawning habitat disruption. Countless lakes and rivers in the Northern US and Canada have had walleye populations crushed due to over-harvest. Southern Ontario experienced this and it has taken over a decade of tough regulations to bring the populations back up.
The SLR walleye fishery is very solid right now. It takes some figuring out and some dedication .... but once you dial it in there is no better place for quality fish in the entire US that I know if. Heck, you have to go to NW Ontario to find so many big fish as far as I'm concerned. I'd hate to see that ruined.