Posts by Neal/CO
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There is no bigger Pike fan than myself!!!!! But I agreed with and participated in the killing of small Pike at Spinney. They had decimated the trout fishery and eaten everything else in site. I caught a 24" Pike that weighed about a pound. It was a swimming skeleton. At one point there was 10,000 Pike in that 2500 acre lake 
Switching to the 15" stockers was a great idea and is working! It was the small to medium sized Pike that were eating all the fingerlings. The DOW effectively starved them out with that strategy. I caught a half dozen trout in the 5-7 lb range last fall and lost a couple of huge fish. There are still lots of big Pike in there!!!!!
As a matter of fact, I keep hearing about people catching small Pike this year? Just goes to show you can't fish out a Pike population even when you try! What is this new year class of Pike going to eat there? Insects?
Pike in the 20-27 inch range are excellent eating! If you catch bigger Pike you can let them go. I for one would had to of seen the 50" story to believe it?
Switching to the 15" stockers was a great idea and is working! It was the small to medium sized Pike that were eating all the fingerlings. The DOW effectively starved them out with that strategy. I caught a half dozen trout in the 5-7 lb range last fall and lost a couple of huge fish. There are still lots of big Pike in there!!!!!
As a matter of fact, I keep hearing about people catching small Pike this year? Just goes to show you can't fish out a Pike population even when you try! What is this new year class of Pike going to eat there? Insects?
Pike in the 20-27 inch range are excellent eating! If you catch bigger Pike you can let them go. I for one would had to of seen the 50" story to believe it?
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