Joe Shead Why You Need the Best Northern Pike Lures for Consistent Success Northern pike are some of the most aggressive predators found in fresh water. They’ll eat fish, ducklings, muskrats and ...

If you’re using small lures intended for a different target and lighter line, a pike will cut you off before you can blink. But if you’re throwing the right kind of northern pike bait from 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 ...

The biggest pike I ever caught was on the Gouin Reservoir in Quebec, which supports a healthy pike and walleye fishery. The 20-pounder struck a huge red and white spinnerbait.

Patrick Babcock, owner of Cree River Lodge, has seen a lot of exotic fishing lures come through his remote northern Saskatchewan pike camp, where sow-bellied fish weighing up to 30 pounds are caught ...

Northern pike can grow very large, but small to medium-sized fish are abundant and bigger on average than even a “trophy” chain pickerel. By and large, they’re far more voracious than muskies and ...

For average-sized northern, a 28-inch ... with live minnows or minnow heads. I do prefer lures with multiple hooks, which seem to hook pike better on their slashing strikes.

The rivers and reservoirs of Colorado might not immediately come to mind for pike fishing, but they deserve a spot on your ...

Northern pike for some reason are not stocked in public ... As far as bait gores for pike fishing, I’m a huge fan of spinnerbaits. Change the speed of your retrieve to trigger strikes.

But here are some of the all-time best pike lures. Spoons It doesn’t get much more classic that the old red and white Dardevle spoon for northern pike. Countless pike have fallen for this ...