| NORTHERN PIKE |
Northern pike and their cousin Mr. Musky
are called many different names around
these parts, from Mr. Toothy to Stook,
from snake to slimmer and many that
cannot be printed! No matter what the
name, its hard to find a freshwater game
fish with the fight for life that they have.
Favorite color patterns in our area are
virtually anything with red, pink, and/or
orange in it. It seems that they key in on
these colors even more so than that bull
in the ring with the matador.
Hot lures are larger tandem spinnerbaits,
buzzbaits, topwater jerk baits, pop-r's,
and anything that makes alot of racket
going through the water. We prefer the
topwater varieties because of the
explosive strikes!
As northern pike spawn shortly after ice -
out conditions, we catch many true
hawgs while vertically jigging blade baits
like Sonars and Zips in bays on the
western side of the river where the sun
has been beating down for most of the
day. The pike bite goes all through the
summer as we catch tons of them over
15 pounds and up to 25 pounds
throughout the year!
There is also nothing like doing hand to
hand combat with a huge northern pike
through the ice as you battle him after a
tip-up pops off and he begins his run. As
you can tell by this brief writing, the
Northern Pike makes the hit-list of one of
our guides' favorite targets throughout
the year.
If its pike you want, ring the dinner bell
and come and get 'em. With all big fish
we encourage CPR (catch, photograph
and release) but the decision is yours!
Keep a trophy for the wall or a few for the
table. Your guide can show you a simple
way to fillet these monsters without
getting the "y" bone in the fillet.
Young and old, short and tall, expert and
novice, the Northern Pike will please
them all with an epic war that hopefully
ends with a net-job and all the angler's
fingers still intact! Bring it on ...
are called many different names around
these parts, from Mr. Toothy to Stook,
from snake to slimmer and many that
cannot be printed! No matter what the
name, its hard to find a freshwater game
fish with the fight for life that they have.
Favorite color patterns in our area are
virtually anything with red, pink, and/or
orange in it. It seems that they key in on
these colors even more so than that bull
in the ring with the matador.
Hot lures are larger tandem spinnerbaits,
buzzbaits, topwater jerk baits, pop-r's,
and anything that makes alot of racket
going through the water. We prefer the
topwater varieties because of the
explosive strikes!
As northern pike spawn shortly after ice -
out conditions, we catch many true
hawgs while vertically jigging blade baits
like Sonars and Zips in bays on the
western side of the river where the sun
has been beating down for most of the
day. The pike bite goes all through the
summer as we catch tons of them over
15 pounds and up to 25 pounds
throughout the year!
There is also nothing like doing hand to
hand combat with a huge northern pike
through the ice as you battle him after a
tip-up pops off and he begins his run. As
you can tell by this brief writing, the
Northern Pike makes the hit-list of one of
our guides' favorite targets throughout
the year.
If its pike you want, ring the dinner bell
and come and get 'em. With all big fish
we encourage CPR (catch, photograph
and release) but the decision is yours!
Keep a trophy for the wall or a few for the
table. Your guide can show you a simple
way to fillet these monsters without
getting the "y" bone in the fillet.
Young and old, short and tall, expert and
novice, the Northern Pike will please
them all with an epic war that hopefully
ends with a net-job and all the angler's
fingers still intact! Bring it on ...
| Luke 5:6 " ... and they caught so many fish, that their nets were breaking ... " |
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