WILLOW, Alaska—Corey Ercolani pulled a northern pike from a gillnet and slit its belly with a knife. Inside its guts lay fresh evidence of a growing biological crime: a dead juvenile salmon. A coho, or silver salmon, to be exact. A technician with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Ercolani had set the net […]
Best of luck to Alaska in fighting them off.
In Washington state, fishermen are required to kill any northern pike they happen to catch. Live release is illegal. The Colville tribes offer a $10/fish bounty in Lake Roosevelt, too.