From classic spoons to muskie-size jerkbaits, these are the pike lures every serious angler needs to maximize their time on the water. Northern pike are some of the most aggressive predators found in ...

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.

Before we get full time into outdoor columns about hunting, let me do a final end-of-summer column about fishing. About a month ago I wrote a column about a wonderful July morning in my fishing boat, ...

A group of fishermen had quite a surprise when they discovered their catch of the day had something firm and seemingly whole inside its belly. Northern pike are voracious predators and will eat just ...

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One of the least caught game fish here in Illinois is the northern pike. I don’t know why. They are tough fighters and are fairly easily caught. I think the small northern pike catch rate is because ...

Northern pike are some of the most aggressive predators found in fresh water. They’ll eat fish, ducklings, muskrats and even their own kind. Some days you could pretty much throw anything at them and ...