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. DRAFT Movement . Northern pike movements observed during this investigation fit into the three classifications outlined in the final report including, , no movement', 'local movement' and 'transitory movement'. Refer to the Movement section of the final report for definitions of each movement pattern. . No Movement. Sedentary behavior by northern pike was rarely observed. During only 2 observations did pike remain in one location long enough to take measurements that were suitable for use with IFIM. . Local Movement. Observations on movements of northern pike generally fell into this category. Most pike observed were very active. Generally the fishes movements were confined to discrete low velocity habitats, such as slow eddies or slackwate. Movements of up to 150 feet were observed on several occasions where large slow water habitats existed. . Long-range Movement. Long range movements by northern pike are presented in Table 2. Net and total movement figures do not include the distance from the release point to the location of the first radio contact. Consequently, since several of the fish were not located until the latter part of the winter, total movement figures may not be indicative of some of the long range movement displayed by these fish. The five pike that were contacted on more than one occasion generally used a relatively small segment of river. However, pike were rarely located in the same place on consecutive tracking trips, which indicates that they actively move to various locations within a given reach of river. Total movement of these five fish observed during the 1987-88 winter averaged approximately 3 miles, with a range of 0.8 to 6.3 miles, while net movement averaged approximately 1.3 miles with a range of 0.3 to 2.3 miles. . . The three remaining pike were only contacted once after following released. One fish (GR-6322), was located only once during the first tracking trip, 4.5 miles below the point of release. The other 2 pike (GR-6320 and BL- 5161) were located on the last tracking trip in March at distances of 21.2 and 27.6 miles, respectively, downstream of their release points. One fish, (GR- 6320), was presumed dead or separated from it's transmitter. The other pike, Floy tag #BL- 5161, appeared to be ali ve and behaving no rmall y . Movemen t exhibited by this fish indicate that pike will move long distances during the winter months, however since this fish was only contacted once after it was released, it is not known if this movement occurred immediately upon release or was a gradual movement downriver throughout the winter. . General Habitat Use . A total of 26 observations were made on pike during the 87-88 winter including 13 in slow runs,S in eddies, 1 in slackwater, 1 in an embayment and 6 in unidentified ice covered habitats. A total of 195 minutes were spent doing extended monitoring during 8 of the observations, including 100 minutes in slow runs and 95 minutes in eddies. The remaining 18 observations included just locations and habitat identification. . 49 .