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| A 34-inch long northern pike biologists caught in Lake Roosevelt. Courtney Flatt/Northwest Public Broadcasting. |
The fight to save Columbia River salmon could hinge on a major battle
taking place in the basin’s biggest reservoir. It pits biologists
against a fish: The invasive northern pike.
Northern pike are aggressive.
They eat anything in their path – they’ve even been spotted chomping on
ducks and bats. That’s bad news for soft-bellied fish, like
rainbow trout......
