Anglers Get Cash Incentive to Assist Combating Northern Pike

The Colville Tribes' Fish and Wildlife Department have an incentive for anglers to turn in pike heads with the Northern Pike Reward program. Since September, there has been $3,000 paid to anglers for their participation. The program pays participants $10 for every pike head, with no size restriction, turned in as long as the participant is 17 years old or older.

This program is an attempt to combat the Northern pike, which are considered a hefty threat to native fish populations, such as trout and steelhead, in Lake Roosevelt. Drop off locations can be found at Noise Waters Gas Station, Kettle Falls boat launch, Hunters boat launch, Fort Spokane boat launch and the Inchelium Fish and Wildlife office. In 2020, funding from the Upper Columbia United Tribes has made it possible to add three new drop off stations along Lake Roosevelt.