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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.

PIKE season has officially started so if you are after some amazing specimens we have a couple of prolific pike venues.

Prioritise freshness when selecting deadbaits. Opt for smaller baits whenever possible, as they are easier for pike to pick ...

The author at 14-years-old, hooked a giant Northern Pike—twice—while on a family vacation in Hayward, Wisconsin. The catch changed everything. / Walter Mazurek I’m headed on my annual fishing trip to ...

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 ...

Northern pike, chain pickerel, and muskies are all members of the same family. And if we were comparing them to the porridge in “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” pike fishing would be “just right.” ...

Before we get full time into outdoor columns about hunting, let me do a final end-of-summer column about fishing. About a month ago I wrote a column about a wonderful July morning in my fishing boat, ...

The last week or so brought sharp reminders of the wonder of Chicago fishing in the fall — from the big ones to the odd ones ...