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Originally Posted by MrDave
So you are complaining about not catching 50 pike a night anymore? At 5-10% release mortality, is there any wonder the pike population collapsed? How many others were doing that?
That guy who has all the university education, probably knew what he was talking about. Not like those walleye you are complaining about ate them. What reason do you have for those pike dying?
Reread what you wrote. To me, it looks like you are a big part of the loss of a pike fishery. Reminds me of the old farts I grew up with. "We used to haul home gunny bags full of pike. Fishing sure isn't what it used to be....."
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As I said in the post you quoted handling was a big issue with the big pike especially with the people that needed to get a weight, pictures, lengths etc. It barely affected the younger population because the lake was overrun with them. The lake handled that mortality for years, it wasn't until the walleye were stocked and the fish were visibly starving(which is why I contacted the bio...) that it cratered. C&R mortality during that time was much higher, the fish wouldn't even put up a fight and then lots of them would just float away... That is why I stopped fishing the lake...
You obviously don't know any of the details as to what happened at Wabamun and I would advise you do some research on here before jumping to conclusions and incorrectly placing blame on myself and many of this forums other members...