“We had a very long period of nice weather other than the wind,” Power said. “Typically, you’ll get three, four, five days of super warm weather and then you get a (wintry) blast like we have right now,” Power said Tuesday, April 13. “But we had three weeks of incredibly warm weather straight.” Crews also set nets in Lake Oahe, Rice Lake and Lake Ashtabula, Power said, but lack of runoff across the state resulted in marginal pike runs, and all of the pike eggs came from Pelican. “We got the numbers, and it appears the quality is exceptional again, so we’re in good shape,” he said.