Thanks, TJ. It's heartening to hear that no less than the Obi Wan Kinobe (sp?) of pond management sometimes recommends esocids for ponds. Basf, you probably already know this, but Bob Lusk founded Pond Boss magazine and this site, and is the preeminent pond expert in the country. He's kind of the EF Hutton of pond management.
The pike that I stocked didn't spawn successfully as far as I observed; I never saw or caught any small ones, or heard of any being caught. I didn't expect them to spawn in a TN pond and stocked them just to get the GSF under control, which they did admirably. I didn't expect them to have such a positive effect on the LMB, but became a believer when I saw said effect.
As TJ noted, Tiger Muskie are sterile and can't reproduce, so if you decided to go the esox route, that would be a very easy way to ensure they didn't spawn. Everything TJ said about the very specific conditions pike require to spawn agrees with everything I've read about them, so there's a good likelihood they're not going to spawn successfully in a lot of ponds anyway; but the TM option makes it a moot point.
