only downer for pike is that they can get a little gross later in the summer, but that basically goes for all fish anyways.
If you are catching pike in the spring or fall, you cant tell the difference between eyes and pike...Id challenge anyone to a blind taste test.
What you guys are going to end up with is a pile of ridiculously huge pike. With the size of panfish in the kawarthas those pike are gonna have a smorgasbord.