Northern pike fishing is excellent at Williams Fork Reservoir, as Andy Yutzy can attest. Casting from a boat, he had already caught and released three smaller pike before hooking a monster last week ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. – Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.

For all the science and technology that has been applied to the sport of fishing, the primary allure of this primal pastime remains the mystery hidden in dark depths. With each cast, we reach with ...

Brad Lila of Hudson, Wisconsin, was ice fishing on the sprawling 132,000-acre Mille Lacs Lake on Jan. 22 when he caught, measured, and released a big northern pike. The Minnesota DNR has certified the ...

We headed further up north to the very cold Gatineau, Quebec in Canada. We went there to jig up those February ice fishing ...

Anglers looking to tangle with big, toothy predators in fresh water would be hard pressed to find better targets than muskie and pike. The two game fish are closely related, and they inhabit some of ...

"I'm a weed guy," I recently started a fishing seminar. Then, I explained why I am fond of fishing heavy aquatic vegetation.

Why Jigging for Pike is More Fun Than Tip-Ups Tip-ups probably account for the majority of pike caught through the ice. Countless others are caught incidentally by anglers in pursuit of perch, ...

Is it a walleye? A new species? A sub-species? Fisheries researchers will answer these questions with DNA. Top scientists are pouring over DNA samples, and Dieter Busch, a semi-retired Fish and ...

When a fish finally made its way to Zach and Mike Nunemacher’s ice fishing hole, they knew it was a big one. The fish had made “several good runs,” but the fishermen’s first attempt to reel it ...

After our guide cut the outboard, I grabbed my fly rod, stepped up to the bow deck, and surveyed the scene. It had been a long, exhausting journey from my home in New York to way-way-way-northern ...