There’s rarely a warning. Not with pike. When a striped bass attacks a topwater fly, you often see a boil or a swirl before the toilet flushes. Snakeheads will track a foam frog and wake the surface ...

There are a few times in the year when fly rods and northern pike meet in the shallows of large reservoirs. Springtime spawning is a welcome arrival after a long winter dealing with ice and snow in ...

The small Upper Peninsula town of Curtis is all about fishing. Especially when it comes to fishing northern pike. North of the Mighty Mac and sandwiched between the expansive Manistique Lakes is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a filmmaker & biologist covering conservation & outdoor topics. As the pontoons of the twin engine Otter break the surface ...

After our guide cut the outboard, I grabbed my fly rod, stepped up to the bow deck, and surveyed the scene. It had been a long, exhausting journey from my home in New York to way-way-way-northern ...

Missoula's Neal Cote has perfected fly-fishing techniques and his own brand of killer fly patterns to become a master of catching northern pike. Competing against scores of anglers using traditional, ...

Northern pike fishing is excellent at Williams Fork Reservoir, as Andy Yutzy can attest. Casting from a boat, he had already caught and released three smaller pike before hooking a monster last week ...

DEVILS LAKE-Nathan Lafleur says it never entered his mind to keep the massive northern pike he caught Wednesday evening while fly fishing from shore along a shallow bay of Devils Lake. Never mind the ...

It was still dark when Malachi Cryder and a friend decided to fish a section of the Clark Fork River just beyond Reserve Street one Sunday morning earlier this month. Cryder, 16, already an adept fly ...

An Idaho angler who spends most of his free time fishing for northern pike has established a new state record with the catch of what the state described as "a true monster of a fish." "Pike is what I ...

It’s time to dig out your fishing pole and tackle box and head to your favorite spot – fishing seasons begin this weekend. Inland trout and salmon, and Lower Peninsula inland walleye and northern pike ...

Tony Lujan caught a 20-inch Gila trout using a white tail spinner bait on June 8, 2025 at Lake Roberts near Silver City. Information and photos provided by New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Good ...