Life of a Northern Pike and How to Fish for Pike

Northern pike are a top-level predator of fresh waters, and a popular species to fish for. This video discusses the biology of the northern pike, spawning activity, and how to catch a pike with fishing tackle.

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[Logan-cwyr]

This format of video is what I've always been looking for and constantly failing to find with other fishing channels. A comprehensive guide on the life cycle of a fish is, in my opinion, the absolute best way to figure out how to catch it. Other channels seem to just go out in their expensive boats, go over 1 or 2 fishing methods they like to use, and then hock whatever lures they're being paid to advertise. This is a truly valuable resource, well done.

[rodbelding]

Pike are seriously the coolest fish. You haven't lived until you've witnessed a pike inhale a lure.

[fyshfysh]

A couple buddies of mine want to get me into fishing, and all these recent how to videos have been amazing.

[Szuubs]

short, sweet and to the point. well done

[TGormania]

As stated before, I have been fishing most of my life but only now am I learning how to fish. We have a pretty heavy population of Chain Pickerel around the grassy areas of the lake we have a camp on. As you have mentioned it in the video, they are easy to catch. I can be out trying to get a few small mouth bass but not get anything. I now know I can head to certain grassy areas and am pretty much guaranteed to get a few pickerel. I have learned that they don't like bait that just sits there. They seem to like action.
I started with a frog at first but they just couldn't seem to really get a hold of it. Then I tried a jitterbug and BOOM!!!! Last weekend, trying braided line for the first time-finally, I caught a couple with a Rapala floater and also a torpedo. As always, thanks for the info. I am learning a lot.

[Treadn]

This video was one of my favorites and very informative! The AI thumbnail represents the traits of a Northern Pike very well.

[willkinchington]

Can this become a series? Like a video similar to this for each gamefish? Largemouth and smallmouth, salmon, Muskie, etc.

[AdamsOlympia]

Some of the most fun fishing I've had was using a Rebel Wee Crawfish lure on St Joseph river in Indiana. If it was the right time of year, almost every other cast landed a hard fighting pike.

[coldhands]

I am planning a trip this summer to fish for pike, this video shared some really valuable information. I didn't know about Lymphosarcoma, I am a catch and release angler, this is great to know. Thanks again for another stellar video Nat!!!

[Steez]

Went out today to fish before work: I was there for large mouth bass but WOW: had 2 of these boys completely SLAM my swimbait, they are fighters & they completely destroyed steel leader, it was so fun, I couldn’t help but come learn everything about them. ( I caught both with a soft swimbait, darker green 3.5 inch & a smaller purple soft swimbait 2 inch - good luck fishing fellas. God bless you all!

[j.]

I love pike, great fight and good to eat if prepared properly, tough to clean for me. I always use mepps as a lure

[dahlinthefiend]

My favorite pike lure is a spinner bait. Not the inline ones. The V shaped wire on the front keeps them from biting it off so I can run without a leader safely. It doesn't seem to me that it's big enough to keep them from just swallowing it, but I also have never had one bitten off like other lures, and have fished them ten times as often for those results.

[jamesporter]

Thanks for the concise break down of pike habits and habitats 👍

[avdmustang]

Pike are my favorite to catch, so aggressive. When you bring in a big one up close it sorta looks like a gator. I noticed something interesting about them. The small and medium size ones will fight like a normal fish. But all the monster pike I've caught have swam towards the boat to cause slack in the line. They've learned in a sense so avoid that feeling of tension on them felt then swimming away. Could just be a small sample size but I was really cool to experience it. Reminded me of how the shark swam under the boat in Jaws when Quint first hooked it. "He's a smart big fish".

[prawnstar]

Hope we don’t overfish these guys.. it might be the land of 10, 000 lakes but I’ve noticed a decrease. My grandpa used to tell me that they used to gather fisherman to fish certain lakes near brainard and fish as many as they could within a weekend to stop them from eating all smaller walleye. They would catch so many they would use them to make fertilizer for their farms. After pickling a choice few of course.

[knanapapa]

Back in the 50s and 60s we would vacation in Little Current Ontario, my dad like to troll for Pike in the North Channel, back then it was lamphery marks that were the bane of pike, I remember the thrill of catching one even at the age of 7 or 8

[IiroElmeri]

Hello, great video. It's interesting to see how people fish for pike around the world. I live in Finland and here we most often troll for pike and use metal leaders, also my friend taught me a way to grip pike. You take your hand and slide it under the gill and that allows for a good grip.
But we use the same lutes you use exept the topwater frogs.

[kevingodziebiewski]

Very informative!…
I’ll admit I’m a steelhead snob..pike are fun and easy to catch…always fun

[GLepage]

I like this kind of video! You should definitely do more!

[skyarmy]

How to distinguish which fish is female and which is male??