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Originally Posted by RavYak
A similar example can be seen at Wabamun right now. The walleye did not directly affect the large pike population but they destroyed the younger pike population and now you can barely catch big pike because they have died off due to other reasons and have not been replaced.
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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.