Frost, W.E. and Kipling, C. (1967) A study of reproduction, early life, weight-length relationship and growth of pike, Esox lucius L., in Windermere. Journal of Animal Ecology, pp. 651-693
| Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
| Esox lucius | Egg | Oocyte diameter | 2.2-2.5 [Unfertilized egg] | 2.35 mm |
| Esox lucius | Egg | Egg size after water-hardening | 2.6-2.9 [Fertilized egg 3 hours after fertilization] | 2.75 mm |
| Esox lucius | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Sticky | Adhesive |
| Esox lucius | Egg | Temperature for incubation | 6.6-12.5 [Natural conditions] | 9.55 °C |
| Esox lucius | Larvae | Initial larval size | 7.5-8.2 | 7.85 mm |
| Esox lucius | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | Many were attached to any available surface, usually vertical for 4-6 days, then are free | Demersal |
| Esox lucius | Female | Age at sexual maturity | 2 [Sex specified, rarely 1] | 2.0 year |
| Esox lucius | Female | Length at sexual maturity | 31.0-49.8 [Sex specified, rarely 27.0] | 40.4 cm |
| Esox lucius | Male | Age at sexual maturity | 2 [Sex specified, but rarely 1] | 2.0 years |
| Esox lucius | Male | Length at sexual maturity | 27.5-48.0 [Sex specified, rarely at 24.7] | 37.75 cm |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration distance | Quite short | No data |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration period | Individual spawner may arrive on the breeding ground some considerable time before it actuall spawns | No data |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Homing | Kind of "homing" in a sense of returning repeatedly to spawn in the same place | Present |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | February-April | ['February', 'April'] |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning period duration | 2-4 [Males arrive earlier than females-Male can remain up to 38 days on spawning ground and female 27] | 3.0 weeks |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | 6 and over, between 6-8 | 7.0 °C |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Submerged aquatic plants | Phytophils |
| Esox lucius | Egg | Degree-days for incubation | 6.6-10.2C; 14-21 | 8.4 °C * day |
| Esox lucius | Larvae | Full yolk-sac resorption | 9 days till resportion | 9.0 °C * day |