| Many fisherman live and dream of reeling in that | | | | narrows that adding a trailer-hook with a 5 inch |
| monster North Canada Pike fish. An evil looking | | | | worm, twister tail or pork chunk can make for |
| fish machine is there ever was a fish to give you | | | | the winning fish in an angling tournament. Lastly he |
| a great fight that you will long remember. It is no | | | | adds - the key is not to react to the explosion |
| small accident that the Northern Pike which inhabit | | | | when the Northern Pike wallows onto the lure. |
| the northern portions of the Canadian provinces | | | | Keep your rod pointed up during the retrieval |
| of Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan have | | | | process and reel into the fish rather than dropping |
| earned their reputation. The Northern Pike are an | | | | the tip and actually setting the fishing hook |
| amazingly adaptable fierce predator fish that live | | | | Instead of throwing a big noisy buzzbait over a |
| and fight the angler well in deep shallow waters of | | | | weedbed though position your fishing boat so you |
| the Canadian North. It's no accident that Pike | | | | can keep your lures running in the prime Northern |
| prosper in so many diverse environments. | | | | Pike zone. Do the same thing when you are |
| Northern Pike live to exploit every opportunity | | | | fishing in and amongst fallen trees and logs. Pike |
| that crosses their wily paths. All depending on the | | | | are major ambush predators that hide along the |
| season that you fish, you can and will find | | | | fringes of cover, for a quick dash, rather than |
| Northern Pike shallow and deep and just about | | | | burying themselves deep inside the cover. You |
| anywhere in between in the Lakes that you fish. | | | | can troll these lures as well as cast them, but do |
| It's no accident that the biggest Northern actually | | | | not troll aimlessly and endlessly. Even though it's a |
| behave in ways different than small pike. Your | | | | good way to use up a case of Millers. Concentrate |
| strategies to fish these monsters of must vary | | | | of key transitions, edges; drop off, breaklines and |
| depending on whether the avid fisherman is | | | | specific bottom contours. Lucky Craft LV and |
| looking for size, action or a combination of both | | | | LVR models are awesome vibrating lipless casting |
| For example topwater lures are a good example. | | | | lures. When you pause them even for a |
| There is not much more exciting in the life of an | | | | millisecond, a following pike has only two options - |
| avid fisherman than to watch a Northern Pike | | | | either go for the bait by opening up its mouth and |
| grab and crush topwater bait. During the summer | | | | eating or leaving the vibrant bait alone. You guess |
| months the best time of day for catching these | | | | the choice of that aggressive killer Northern Pike |
| monsters are early morning. Later in the | | | | fish. These lures may look a tad on the small size, |
| afternoon and during overcast conditions such as | | | | but they always fish big. Part of the reason is |
| you find on the lake. Note deep weed edges, | | | | that you can retrieve them quickly in a flash. As |
| woody shorelines and rocky lake structures as | | | | well they will not roll over and blow out. Lastly |
| perfect Northern Pike fishing locations and locales. | | | | weedless spoons like the Silver Minnow excel in |
| The biggest and most colorful ear splitting | | | | and around cover. This occurs especially in the |
| buzzbaits attract the most attention from these | | | | mid summer periods, while the traditional style |
| monster pike fish. Best colors for these lures, | | | | spoons produce best in main lake area especially |
| according to experienced and wily fishing guide | | | | around rocky structures from early summer until |
| Noel the Vamdal of the Lake of the Manitoba | | | | late fall. In the end the avid fisherman and angler |
| Narrows regions are loud vibrant Chartreuse, | | | | will always remember and relish that strike from |
| white, yellow and proud orange colours. Mr. | | | | the giant Northern. |
| Vamdal notes that in his great experience at the | | | | |