Mark,
the poisoning of Crocker Lake is a sore point. Not so much the poisoning, but the way the whole thing came off. WDFW claimed to have notified the owners around the lake, yet the guy who lives right next to the launch heard nothing, as did no one else. The "crew" swept in here like a swat team and poisoned the lake "because there were pike in it"...."no one knows how they got in there"...."we will restock the lake when we are done"...."the bass will be transferred to Lake Leland" It's possible that some of the last quote was the only truth. We were told that the reason no one was told but the County Commissioners was because they didn't want anybody transferring the pike to other waters.

Let's just say that the whole thing was handled very badly, and there is much doubt as to much of anything I was told. Here's a quick for-instance. Who has control over pike in this State?....only one entity...WDFW. Have they had pike? yes, to breed with muskies to create tiger-muskies used to control other unwanted species of warm water fish. So let's see then, if WDFW wanted a "rearing pond" for salmon enhancement reasons, could/would they plant pike in order to have an excuse to sterilize a lake in order to remove it from the public fishing roles? Hmmm....