see, i doubt that we have done that bad of damage to them, because you can still spot them cruising. I've been up there for 2 trips, 3 days of fishing without landing one, and seen at least 1 pike cruising on each day...one right past me while i was swimming! The NERVE of that guy!!!
I mean, the max estimate of pike added was 75, the minimum 35 ***. about 20 have been taken out (13 that i witnessed). At worst (and until this problem is solved for certain {that is to say until there are no more than 15 in the pond, as much as dad wants it @ 0, none, nil, i love catching pike ;)} i have to be a pessimist) only 26% of the pike have been removed. So i would venture to guess that the fact that it was 95 degrees on the 4th of july and a downright chilly 90 degrees on the 23rd, the water at the bottom wasn't as close to ice water as i think it was by diving down there.
Rock on....we'll see what happens in the fall and winter ice fishing. I bet there are plenty more to be had.
Just to reiterate a question i asked in a different thread, the pike spawn early spring, right? so any we can manage to take out of the ice and cull can't add to the gene pool, can they? Furthermore, with the average length getting to 25" last time they were caught (mid-may), they are ready to spawn this year, right?
Thanks
Skinny
Disclaimer: Dr W....please feel free to shoot me down regardless of the confidence of my response. You're the man, i just want to catch them....
*** lol.....the story of where the pike came from keeps getting more and more complicated...now apparently the guy responsible DID get them from a city worker, who WAS supposed to put them in one of the bigger lakes in the chain. Now, not only did the guy break HOA rules, but he was using tax-dollar acquired fish to stock in a lake that didn't want them. No wonder anyone who might be in the know gets all clammed up when you ask for details!!! lol...add to the facts the rumors that a bunch of semi-retired folk add to it, let's just say there have been some real fish stories around the lake this year, and the guy responsible has apparently had enough of dirty looks, and is moving out of the neighborhood.
Last edited by skinnybass; 07/28/10 10:30 PM.
