| The Northern Canadian Pike Fish - the dream | | | | and rocky lake structures as perfect Northern |
| of the avid fishermen who pine away to visit | | | | Pike fishing locations and locales. |
| the Northern Canadian exclusive fishing areas | | | | |
| and lodges well deserves its reputation as a | | | | Instead of throwing a big noisy buzzbait over |
| fierce and wily foe. Northern Pike are an | | | | a weedbed though position your fishing boat |
| amazingly adaptable predator game fish found | | | | so you can keep your lures running in the |
| in the deep shallow waters of the Northern | | | | prime Northern Pike zone. Do the same thing |
| Canadian North regions as well as shallow and | | | | when you are fishing in and amongst fallen |
| warmer waters. | | | | trees and logs. Pike are major ambush |
| | | | predators that hide along the fringes of |
| To prosper in so many diverse environments, | | | | cover, for a quick dash, rather than burying |
| northern pike exploit every opportunity that | | | | themselves deep inside the cover. |
| crosses their paths. Depending on the season, | | | | |
| you can find Northern Pike shallow and deep | | | | The biggest and most colourful ear splitting |
| and just about anywhere in between in | | | | buzzbaits attract the most attention from |
| Northern Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan | | | | these monster pike fish. Best colours for |
| Lakes. The huge big Northern Canadian Pike | | | | these lures, according to experienced and |
| actually behave in ways different than small | | | | wily fishing guide Noel the Vamdal of the |
| pike so that the strategies of the effective | | | | Lake of the Manitoba Narrows regions are loud |
| angler often vary depending on whether the | | | | vibrant Chartreuse, white, yellow and proud |
| avid fisherman is looking for size, action or | | | | orange colours. Mr. Vamdal notes that in his |
| a combination of both. | | | | great experience at the narrows that adding a |
| | | | trailer-hook with a 5 inch worm, twister tail |
| Not surpassingly the knowledge of Northern | | | | or pork chunk can make for the winning fish |
| Pike behavior and seasonal location has | | | | in an angling tournament. Lastly he adds - |
| evolved today and so too has the size of our | | | | the key is not to react to the explosion when |
| tackle box and fish finders. You will need a | | | | the Northern Pike wallows onto the lure. Keep |
| variety of lures to be able to catch Northern | | | | your rod pointed up during the retrieval |
| Pike whenever and wherever you find them - | | | | process and reel into the fish rather than |
| whether they in be Northern Saskatchewan | | | | dropping the tip and actually setting the |
| lakes , the lakes of North West Ontario or in | | | | fishing hook. |
| Lake Manitoba at the Narrow or in other | | | | |
| Northern Manitoba lakes. | | | | Lastly as a case in point, Vamdal points out |
| | | | that many pike anglers the best locations of |
| For example topwater lures are a good | | | | isolated rock piles, underwater points and |
| example. There is not much more exciting in | | | | shallow boulder strewn shoals. |
| the life of an avid fisherman than to watch a | | | | |
| Northern Pike grab and crush topwater bait. | | | | Don't only use topwater lures when conditions |
| During the summer months the best time of day | | | | are calm. This overall can be a big mistake. |
| for catching these monsters are early | | | | A slight chop can well be better than a slick |
| morning. Later in the afternoon and during | | | | surface for walking your favorite topwater |
| overcast conditions such as you find on the | | | | lure. |
| lake. Note deep weed edges, woody shorelines | | | | |