A 6-inch sucker rigged on an HT Enterprises Polar tip-up for northern pike. / Joe Shead For average-sized northern pike, a lively 5- or 6-inch golden shiner or sucker is potent medicine.

Lighten up, grillers. Even lake fish can ... green parts only 1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh dill 4 (6-ounce) skinless northern pike fillets, or walleye, cut into one-inch cubes 1 large egg ...

doubled up on 37-inch pike Thursday on the Montrose Horseshoe. ‘‘I had a good-sized northern explode on a big bucktail at shore when I was doing the figure 8,’’ he emailed. A figure 8 is a ...