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Antonio and I head out in a small boat and we're having fun with tiny lures and ultralight rods. We change up our lures a few times but always stick to fishing with tiny lures. ▶ Click here to ...
About half my life ago on a sizzling July afternoon, Jimmie Hammond and I paced the banks of the lake that protects Braeburn Country Club's No. 1 green up near Bissonnet. For two hours, we launched ...
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Chasing Big Northern Pike - Hook, Fight, and Cook

Big lures. Bigger fish. An epic feast. Follow along as the crew targets trophy-sized northern pike, battles these freshwater predators, and cooks up the ultimate shoreline meal.
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 ...
You can spend big bucks on a dream trip to a North Woods wilderness lodge where northern pike prowl the cold waters. Or you might just drive up to Bazetta and Mecca townships and work the weedy waters ...
There are few freshwater fish that strike a lure as fiercely as the Northern pike. Instead of gulping lures or baits in order to satisfy their hunger, the fearsome pike attacks them viciously with a ...
EAST GRAND RAPIDS -- The first thing Chase Klinesteker wanted to do upon leaving the dock at John Collins Park is to check out the underwater island in the middle of Reeds Lake. Yes, Reeds Lake.
For the panfish, look to the weed edges and pitch a worm chunk just inside the wall of weeds. If you get caught up on a ...
There are few freshwater fish whose strikes compare to the viciousness of the fierce and fearsome northern pike. Instead of gulping a lure or bait, they strike with a rage and fury, like a terrier ...
I have a love/hate relationship with northern pike. I love them because they hit hard, they’re nasty and aggressive. They’ve got sharp, pointy teeth. When I see a big ’un follow my lure it creeps me ...