Signs of pike population explosion in Sebago have state scientists concerned

Signs of pike population explosion in Sebago have state scientists concerned

At first there was a little scarring showing up on adult fish. And then there was a lot. In a few years, the traditional salmon fishery in the Belgrade Lakes was gone and a new fishery took over. Pike. The voracious invasive fish eats anything and everything. It eats all of the smelt. It eats young salmon and trout. And it eats adult fish as well. Scientists could not get rid of the pike once it was in Long Lake and the Belgrades, but it was rel…