They haven’t seen a lure in months. In short, spring pike fishing is as good as it gets—but it’s not the only time to go. These tips should make pike fishing for beginners a lot easier.

While the 7 might be a bit heavy for smallmouth, it still has the sensitivity to set the hook on wary largemouth, and the backbone to tame big pike. There’s no one best fly fishing rod for beginners, ...

2. Inline Spinners Northern Pike Can’t Resist The Mepps Aglia is a veritable pike killer. And my fishing cat Harbor agrees! / Joe Shead Ranking right up there with spoons are spinners.

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.

Incredible catch on High Point Lake: Pa. angler pulls massive northern pike out of Somerset County lake while ice fishing Terry Lesh of Reynoldsdale, Bedford County, caught a variety of fish with ...

Provided by Carl Vizzone Share Northern pike, steelhead and a smattereing of kngs on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Carl Vizzone texted the photo at ...

Daniel Bevevino, 42, caught a 45-inch northern pike while ice fishing in a remote part of Allegheny Reservoir in northwestern Pennsylvania. Bevevino plans to have the fish mounted by a taxidermist.

A free fishing weekend, waiving license requirements, will take place June 7-8. The 2025-26 northern pike and walleye fishing season opener in the Upper Peninsula is days away, but anglers need to ...