How to fish for Northern Pike in the Spring

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Is there anything better than having a thick, mad pike on the end of your line when the trees are just starting to bud? Compared to those eighteen inch winter rods, feeling that seven footer buck around is great. Some of the biggest pike of the year are catchable right now. The fishing world changes around pike like clockwork every year, but they sure don’t. You can have success by experimenting with where you fish and how no matter what the spring weather. Don’t get hung up on dates, water temps or what you’ve heard and read. Get out there and poke around. One of the first things to watch for is the rest of the food chain. What are the walleyes doing if there are walleyes in the water you’re on? In or near the shallow bays, what other kinds of fish are you seeing or catching? Are there schools of spawning perch? What about pods of carp or gar rolling around? Have the smelts started running yet? Lots of fishermen don’t like fishing the mayfly hatch, but I can tell you that some really nice fish are easier to locate at this time than at most others. All […]