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Originally Posted by Tcon
Are you sure that is the reason? I have a lake lot on Wabamun and have been fishing it almost exclusively this season. We have no issue catching healthy populations of both pike and walleye in a wide variety of size classes. The pike size of Wabamun was unnatural due to the higher than average water temperatures while the plants were open. Maybe the decline in pike size (if there is one) is a normalization based on a more natural environment.
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Don't forget the lake was closed for a few years after the spill. The bank account increased when the annual withdrawals were reduced big time. Even with catch and release, fish are killed. Mature pike can be hard for inexperienced or poorly equipped anglers to handle. How many times can a big pike get hooked, handled, photographed, and bounce around on the rocks or the bottom of a boat before it's the last time?