Posts tagged 'Pike Fishing'

It’s fall and the month of October often yields the best pike fishing of the year.  This is the time to get aggressive, use big noisy presentations and hunt out the best spots. 

I had a revelation the other day. In the heat of all the great walleye, trout and mountain fishing I had been totally neglecting the northern pike. They were always an incidental catch during the prime walleye month of June. I never even gave catching pike much more than a second thought. That's changed.

It's fall and like I mentioned in the feature this month, big pike have moved into the shallows to bust up the local whitefish populations. Fall also means that this is one of the very best times of years to catch a monster. Versatility, I discovered, is the key to unlocking these big pike with each day being different. Over the years the following approach has worked very well for me and here are my lures of choice.

There is no such thing as the all purpose rod and reel. Instead, buying a rod and reel is all about choices. It’s about figuring out what type of fishing you like to do, when and where. Those circumstances will help you make the best rod and reel choice for your applications

I’ve put together a list of equipment that can and does help. A friend Bob once told me, “Good equipment is often the difference between hooking a big fish and landing that big fish.” I wholeheartedly agree.