But you can’t go wrong with the HT Enterprises Polar tip-up. For average-sized northern pike, a lively 5- or 6-inch golden shiner or sucker is potent medicine. There are a number of ways to rig up.

When a northern takes the smelt he will make a run, and your bobber will go scooting off the shoreline and into the water. Pick up the rod and wait for the pike to end the run. Then close the bail ...

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 ...

Daniel Bevevino, 42, caught a 45-inch northern pike while ice fishing in a remote ... He placed a 6-inch shiner on a tip-up in about 4 feet of water and waited for the fish to bite. “ ...

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.