For average-sized pike, a simple spinning rod and reel setup that you’d use for walleyes will suffice. The rod should have enough backbone to set the hook, but it should be flexible to absorb ...

Summertime bass anglers may shun pike when they bite, but come winter, many anglers get excited about ice fishing for northern pike ... should be able to set the hook as soon as possible to ...

For many, winter is a time to seek out the eager-to-bite northern pike. This will be the first ice fishing ... cut fishing line so many anglers use a steel leader ahead of their hook so they ...

For many, winter is a time to seek out the eager-to-bite northern pike. This will be the first ice fishing ... cut fishing line so many anglers use a steel leader ahead of their hook so they ...

14 perch and eight northern pike. The afternoon ice fishing contest was followed by an evening raffle and dance in the Devils Lake Memorial Building, where 165 raffle prizes were awarded by drawing.