If your professor told you muskie would lead to low O2, that's not very sound scientifically, not even remotely so; if anything the levels would improve from a more balanced (less overall density) population. And, multiple state game and fish agencies have used muskie to correct imbalanced fish populations, so he's a little off-base IMO. I have personally stocked northern pike to correct a pond that had overpopulated green sunfish, and it completely transformed the pond, with no negative effects.
There's a member on here who has pike in his ten-acre lake; the lake has always had them; and he has caught largemouth to eight pounds and bluegill to 10" from his ten-acre lake, which is in Michigan. Not too many lakes in Michigan that could duplicate that size of both species in one small BOW.
