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. . Electrofishing for northern pike began on 11 May 2006, ended on 12 May, and only lasted one sampling day (most electrofishing effort in 2006 was done during other projects) (Table 1). Crews fished for a total of 3.3 hours for this project (Table 2). Fyke netting began on 27 March and was completed on 31 May. This effort consisted of 52 fyke net nights. Crews continued to trammel net for northern pike between 27 March and 30 March and spent a total of two hours on this activity in 2006. Between the three efforts, a total of three northern pike were removed (Table 2). Crews returned to the Colorado pikeminnow abundance estimates (190.4 hours) and continued smallmouth bass removal (152.2 hours) and removed an additional 17 northern pike during these projects (Table 3). Mean total length of all pike removed was 549 mm (365 mm - 790 mm) (Table I; Figure 4). Most pike were removed from the Split Mountain reach in 2006 (Table 4). . . . . . Catch Per Unit Effort A total of 414 northern pike was removed over the six years of this removal effort. Total catch per effort over the six removal years by gear type was as follows: 0.60 fish/hour electrofishing, 0.16 fish/fyke-net night using fyke nets, and 0.76 fish/hour trammel netting and electrofishing. In general, following the removal of 251 northern pike and the highest catch rates in 2001, both numbers of pike removed and catch-per-effort have gradually declined and remained low through 2006 (Table 1; Figures 5 and 6). This is also true for northern pike captured during other studies. Catch rates of pike during the Colorado pikeminnow abundance estimates (2001-2003; 2006) and smallmouth bass removal (2004-2006) started low (0.11 pike/hour and 0.06 pike/hour for each project respectively) and have remained low (0.08 pike/hour and 0.02 pike/hour in 2006 for each project . . . . 19