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. . but the remaining fish seemed evenly distributed from age-two to age-seven. Finally, in 2005, fish were relatively evenly spread between age-one and age seven. As explained earlier, fish were lumped into YOY, juvenile, and adult fish due to a great deal of overlap in the age-at-length estimates. Over the course of the study, only three young-of- year (YOY) fish were captured; this was in 2001 and 2002. These fish were 170,295, and 390 rom. The 390 mm fish was captured early in 2000 and was likely an age-l fish with no distinct c1eithra markings. In 2002 and 2003, most fish were adult fish and ranged from 520 to 984 mm. In 2004, this shifted to most fish being predominantly juvenile fish, ranging in length from 371 to 480 mm. In 2005, pike numbers were low and juvenile/adult fish were evenly represented in the catch (Figure 8). Length ranges for all aged fish from 2001 to 2005 are included in Table 6. . . . . Stomach Content Analysis Over the course of the study, most extracted stomachs were empty. Only 13 of 144 fish had stomach contents recorded. Of these 13, five had minnows, shiners, and sunfish listed as their stomach contents. Four additional northern pike had potentially larger prey items in the stomachs (though prey size was rarely recorded for nonnative fish): channel catfish, black bullhead, white sucker, and one 178 mm smallmouth bass (this pike was 620 mm total length). Four northern pike had consumed native fish: three of which were hatchery reared razorback suckers (recently stocked in the Green River); the fourth native fish was a bluehead sucker. All native fish were near 250 mm in size and were eaten by northern pike ranging from 597 mm to 834 nun. . . . . . 21