Pike Fishing 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Catching Big Northerns on Lures, Bait, and Flies Pike are one of the most exciting game fish to catch. Here are the basic tips and gear you need to learn ...

An aerated minnow bucket will keep the bait alive for a few hours of fishing. They can also be fished as dead bait; ... White suckers from 8 to 12 inches long are popular bait for pike and muskies.

Capt. Bubba Carter has played the dead-bait game all over the world for the past four decades at the helm of famed charter boat Tijereta and teaches the sport as well as anyone. “If you don’t hook up, ...

The author holds a 38-inch northern pike caught on a Suick. See below for the damage this fish inflicted to a brand new lure. / Joe Shead Why You Need the Best Northern Pike Lures for Consistent ...

ANDREW Bridge caught this whopping 24lb pike at Stanford’s Warren fishery last week. It was snagged on a dead bait – only five feet from the bank – and is his new personal best. Plenty of ...

Created specifically for pelagic circle-hook fishing, the Party Skirt can be rigged on larger ballyhoo with a chin weight, giving you that perfect “skip-skip-swim-swim” action that is very similar to ...

Dead bait can be just as effective as live bait. In fact, trolling rigged ballyhoo, mullet and bonito, as well as strips and chunks of those baitfish, can sometimes be more effective than live bait.