CHAPTER XII 



PIKE IN TROUT WATERS 

 BY W. H. POPE 



IN its own characteristic haunts the pike should 

 undoubtedly be encouraged, but in rivers which are 

 devoted solely to the preservation of trout the 

 presence of this predatory and voracious fish cannot 

 be tolerated. Angling authorities and practical 

 fishermen are agreed that untold mischief may be 

 wrought in a trout fishery by allowing the pike to 

 gain a permanent abode therein, and when once its 

 evil influences become firmly rooted endless trouble 

 and expense may be incurred ere the damage is 

 repaired. 



In his * Practical Management of Fisheries ' the 

 late Mr. Francis Francis placed the pike at the head 

 of the list comprising the trout's enemies, and stated 

 his opinion that a 4-lb. pike would do more harm 

 in a season than all the poachers in the district. 



