[2] Closely related to the northern pike, it reaches a length of 115 cm (3 ft 9 in), a weight of 12.5 kg (28 lb), sporting a silvery body with small, black spots.

That same year the world record Amur pike was caught from the lake.

Glendale Lake was chosen because its outflow leads into heavily polluted waters in which fish cannot survive.

[citation needed] Some Amur pike escaped from the Benner Spring Fish Hatchery where the original eggs and subsequent brood stock were hatched and kept.

However, none have ever been caught and no signs of reproduction of Amur pike in the wild in America has been documented, even in Glendale Lake.