Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Stocking Northern Pike

I've thought about adding a couple NP to my large pond but haven't done so yet...I think the odds of them successfully spawning is remote but I have one childhood memory that keeps me from stocking them...

When I was a kid I used to go over to my Grandpa's place out in the country by Harrisburg, IL to hang out/go fishing/work around the property/etc. There was a small ( > 2/3 acre) pond not too far from his property that we would occasionally fish. The first few times I remember going we brought home HUGE amounts of BG...and nice ones too. Fast forward say 2 years, which was the next time we went there after a fairly long hiatus...not a BG to be caught, but we caught probably 30 undersized and stunted NP in the 10-14" range. It appeared to us that someone had added some NP and essentially killed off what was a great little BG pond.