If you’re using small lures intended for a different target and lighter line, a pike will cut you off before you can blink. But if you’re throwing the right kind of northern pike bait from a proper ...

I do prefer lures with multiple hooks, which seem to hook pike better on their slashing strikes. But honestly, I’ve caught plenty of pike on tiny, single-hook panfish jigs. A gaff is a handy ...

Northern pike can grow very large, but small to medium-sized fish are abundant and bigger on average than even a “trophy” chain pickerel. By and large, they’re far more voracious than muskies and ...

Spoons such as the VMC Tingler are potent pike medicine as well. And if you’re into tubes, you can’t go wrong with the Northland Level Head Predator tube. Most of the time these lures don’t ...