01-21-2004, 04:23 PM
Yes they were...
The state record pike was caught there, but I've talked to several game wardens and a NDOW biologist about it and the lake is not suitable to have pike. What happens is when they get established they have a growth boom as they eat up everything, but once the food is gone they stunt. The lake isn't large enough to sustain a pike fishery. They killed it several years ago, but some diehard pike fisherman who do not understand the ecosystem keep putting pike back in illegally.
They are getting the pike from a lake that's like 30 miles away.. I think it's called Bassett, but I don't have time to look it up as I'm on my way to work. In the next couple of years, they're gonna drain Comins and then rebuild the dam... it needs to be done as the current dam is the roadbed and it's slowly eroding. They're gonna separate dam from road and make the lake a couple of feet deeper. Anyhow when they do they're gonna poison Bassett lake to get rid of the pike so whoevers transfering them has a much harder time finding a readily available pike source. Then they're gonna manage the lake for trophy trout. Anyhow that's what I've been told, whether they actually do it remains to be seen.
I gotta run,
Mark
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The state record pike was caught there, but I've talked to several game wardens and a NDOW biologist about it and the lake is not suitable to have pike. What happens is when they get established they have a growth boom as they eat up everything, but once the food is gone they stunt. The lake isn't large enough to sustain a pike fishery. They killed it several years ago, but some diehard pike fisherman who do not understand the ecosystem keep putting pike back in illegally.
They are getting the pike from a lake that's like 30 miles away.. I think it's called Bassett, but I don't have time to look it up as I'm on my way to work. In the next couple of years, they're gonna drain Comins and then rebuild the dam... it needs to be done as the current dam is the roadbed and it's slowly eroding. They're gonna separate dam from road and make the lake a couple of feet deeper. Anyhow when they do they're gonna poison Bassett lake to get rid of the pike so whoevers transfering them has a much harder time finding a readily available pike source. Then they're gonna manage the lake for trophy trout. Anyhow that's what I've been told, whether they actually do it remains to be seen.
I gotta run,
Mark
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