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.

B ig gravel pits can look vast and uninviting at first glance, but don’t let that fool you. They hold some of the best pike fishing in the country if you approach them in the right way. Success here ...

These man-made venues hold a number of predatory species and, these days you’re probably just as likely to see someone flicking lures around for perch, pike and zander as you are to see an angler sat ...