Northern pike
Brian Haines: The biggest catch of all on Minnesota’s Lindsey Lake
Brian Haines
July 14, 2024
To this day, I recall a catch from many years ago, right around the time I turned 13 and was being introduced to walleye fishing. Back then, my family would take an annual late-spring fishing
Record or not, giant pike caught in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters creates incredible memory
Brian Mozey
June 19, 2024
Jacob Skorloken, 39, of Merrifield, Minn., recalls going to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with his father 21 years ago and catching his first fish in an area his family calls the “honey hole.”<br
North Dakota Game & Fish offers “Fish Challenge” to state’s anglers
Jeff Benda
June 7, 2024
North Dakota offers an abundance of fishing destinations suitable for both novices and seasoned anglers alike. To foster some friendly competition, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently commenced its third annual Fish Challenge,
Ask a fisheries biologist: Details from a Chippewa Flowage fish survey taken by Wisconsin DNR team
Max Wolter Wisconsin DNR Fish Biologist
May 23, 2024
The Hayward DNR fish team ran a brief netting survey on the east side of the Chippewa Flowage this spring to gather some quick data on the status of black crappies, northern pike, and walleyes,
Northern Minnesota’s ‘Pit lakes’ offer a special variety of fishing
Roy Heilman
May 19, 2024
For generations, companies extracted iron ore from northern Minnesota pits, sending it out to build a nation. When mining had largely ended in the latter half of the 20th century, the land looked radically different,
Tips to finding and catching early season pike in New York
Vic Attardo
May 18, 2024
Not too long ago anglers believed that northern pike lost their teeth after spawning – as if the excitement and physical stress caused all the pike’s teeth to fall out.
The loss of teeth
Anglers have reason for high hopes entering Minnesota’s May 11 fishing opener
Glen Schmitt
May 8, 2024
Anticipation for this year’s Minnesota fishing opener Saturday appears more amped than in recent years. But that’s to be expected, given that most anglers had few chances to wet a line last winter due to
Walleye, northern pike, pickerel, tiger muskie season opens May 1 in New York
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
April 27, 2024
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced the fishing season for walleye, Northern pike, pickerel, and tiger muskellunge begins on May 1.
“New York is home to
Iowa’s Spirit Lake Hatchery filling with northern pike
DNR Report
April 11, 2024
Crews with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources placed fyke nets in the outlets of the sloughs that flow into Big Spirit Lake on April 1, to start collecting northern pike. Northern pike spawn in
