quantum,
You may be right about once they're in they're in but I can tell you from recent experience that about all that is left of the pike population are the little ones that got through the nets. I fished with another experienced fisherman last weekend for an entire day on the POR and we managed 4 very small pike. This once great pike fishery has been demolished. We did however manage to catch 3 very nice large mouth bass with the biggest being just shy of 6 pounds. We also located a very large population of small mouth bass that had a ton of fight in them. The POR is still an excellent bass fishery but as far as the pike go, the WDFW and the tribe have done exactly what they set out to do. Wipe them out. I just hope the state of Idaho does not show the same disregard for the public desire to chase these great sport fish, and follow in the same footsteps. If they do it will likely progress the same way things did in Washington. Study, Lie by pretending to care what the fishing public thinks, then kill.