Minnesota is one of the best places in North America to go pike fishing, and it shouldn’t be surprising that the second largest pike ever caught in North America came out of the Land of 10,000 Lakes. As our article on state northern pike records goes into more detail on, not only does Minnesota boast …
Sometimes you find the perfect fishing rod while on vacation but you can’t stand the idea of not having that beauty…especially those wonderful one-piece fishing rods that can do some work but are never going home safely in a regular car. The best way to ship a northern pike fishing rod is to wrap the …
All of us were beginners at one time or another. Even for those of us who were 4-5 years old when Dad or Grandpa took us out and taught us how to start fishing, you still had to learn along the way, pick up more skills as you grew up, and continued to grow as …
Northern pike and other fish in the Esox family like Muskies and Pickerel don’t regularly swim with their heads out of the water, but this is something that you may see if you spend enough time out on the water. Northern pike and muskies swim with their heads out of the water to soak up …
When you have a fish as aggressive as the northern pike, you generally have many great options for how to catch them. A big aggressive, territorial fish that’s always hungry and looking to assert dominance? Sounds like a great target for a long day out on the water! For years it never occurred to me …
I never grew up jigging or using surface lures when going pike fishing. My dad was a diehard believer in crankbaits, and that was a fishing philosophy that I embraced fully, as well. And why not? Up in the Ontario and Minnesota lakes we fished, crankbaits worked great and they could even work on walleyes …
There are many questions that excited new anglers have and one of the big ones is: “What lure size is best for northern pike?” That’s a good question, and honestly it’s one that many pike anglers debate over. Sometimes very passionately. While there are many obvious factors that can affect the answer to what type …
When it comes to northern pike fishing, there’s a lot to love. Pike fight hard, they taste delicious, and few freshwater fish can give such a fight and the potential to get a trophy-sized fish that you can truly be proud of when putting up on the wall. They’re fun because they’re so aggressive, which …