There are few freshwater fish that strike a lure as fiercely as the Northern pike. Instead of gulping lures or baits in order to satisfy their hunger, the fearsome pike attacks them viciously with a ...

All fish are predators, but northern pike come dressed for the part—needle teeth, vacant eyes, thick slime, serpentine shape—which is part of what make pike fishing so much fun. Their primeval ...

Northern pike, chain pickerel, and muskies are all members of the same family. And if we were comparing them to the porridge in “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” pike fishing would be “just right.” ...

Why Jigging for Pike is More Fun Than Tip-Ups Tip-ups probably account for the majority of pike caught through the ice. Countless others are caught incidentally by anglers in pursuit of perch, ...

About half my life ago on a sizzling July afternoon, Jimmie Hammond and I paced the banks of the lake that protects Braeburn Country Club's No. 1 green up near Bissonnet. For two hours, we launched ...

A well-run 48-acre gravel pit that holds many coarse species including double-figure zander, pike nudging 30lb and perch to over 3lb. There are 50 well-spaced swims, and coarse deadbaits or lures will ...