Ruining Yuba

[pointerfish25]

You make some valid points, but I disagree with a few of them. I would argue that while pike on pike predation is common, that they would still feed on carp and carp fry. Also, I've read that people find nice size carp in the bellies of big pike. This seems like the argument could be made to keep the big pike in the reservoir? As carp eat any eggs, vegetation, fry, whatever they can find I would imagine the big pike have helped decrease the carp population. And since carp are the more prodigious spawners, then the chance of a pike explosion seems less likely, in my mind anyways.
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