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 ...

Summertime bass anglers may shun pike when they bite, but come winter, many anglers get excited about ice fishing for northern pike. And why not? They are widespread, aggressive and easy to catch.

There’s rarely a warning. Not with pike. When a striped bass attacks a topwater fly, you often see a boil or a swirl before the toilet flushes. Snakeheads will track a foam frog and wake the surface ...

Mason Stepien, 11, of Syracuse, was so excited to go fishing he could barely sleep the night before he caught a 25-inch northern pike (left) in South Colwell Pond in Henderson, NY, using a red and ...

The tools of the trade: A freshly speared northern pike alongside the decoy and spear used for the catch. / Joe Shead The sleek pike burst into view from some unknown weedbed and slashed at the 8-inch ...

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Every year about this time, after the ice leaves North Dakota lakes and game fish like northern pike and walleye go through their annual effort to spawn, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department ...

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Maine natives Olivia Laine, 27, and Chris Benedict, 28, are a fishing team that specialize in catching fish through the ice. Three years ago, they started a YouTube Channel—Fishin4Adventure—that shows ...

It’s time to dig out your fishing pole and tackle box and head to your favorite spot – fishing seasons begin this weekend. Inland trout and salmon, and Lower Peninsula inland walleye and northern pike ...