-=> Quoting Bob Gearhart to Dave Hazelman <=-
 DH> I don't have an answer, but I suspect once a non-indigenous species
 DH> is colonizing the river it's too late to stop it. I cant believe they
 DH> poisoned all the fish in the river out West to kill off the pike that
 DH> were introduced.
 BG> 
 BG> The Michigan DNR kills off streams regularly, to try and keep trout
 BG> streams clean.  With the population density of this state, its a job
 BG> to keep the people from destroying the natural balance with the stuff
 BG> they haul around in their minnow buckets.
 BG> 
 BG> Pike are very agressive and fun to catch in big water, but nothing
 BG> compares to the fun of catching a 12" trout on the right stream with
 BG> the right equipment.  Pike eat trout.
 So why do they have to poison all the fish in the stream? Why not
 just let fishermen catch pike there with no size limit, no number limit,
 and no releasing? I'm willing to catch them.
... Looking back, there were a lot of times when I should have gone fishin
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