| Most any fisherman dreams of being out on the | | | | small fish are around, that means they are in |
| water on a beautifull fall day in | | | | no immediate danger of being eaten by bigger |
| anticipation of catching a trophy Northern | | | | fish, therefore the likelihood of a large |
| Pike. Feeling your line strip off your reel | | | | pike being there is not real good. Trophy |
| while your hanging to your rod on for dear | | | | Northern Pike are very territorial and |
| life, as you get the first look of the | | | | usually estabolish themselves in the "prime |
| monster Northern Pike that swallowed in your | | | | real estate" of the weedbeds. Prime cabbage |
| fishing lure. If you have ever desired to | | | | real estate can be best described as |
| catch your trophy Northern Pike of your | | | | transitional edges of the weed beds such as |
| dreams and you would like to learn and | | | | drop offs or rocks adjacent to the weeds, |
| understand more, than this is for you. | | | | which sometimes can be inside void areas as |
| | | | well. |
| You need to search for a lake that has the | | | | |
| reputation for giant pike fishing. There is | | | | As we progress later into the fishing season, |
| nothing quite like the glacial shield lakes | | | | the key for catching bigger northern pike is |
| of Northern and central Manitoba because they | | | | to fish with larger fishing lures. Think big, |
| are loaded with trophy pike. Once you arrive | | | | no fishing lure is too large. I have had many |
| at the lake, the next question should be, | | | | twelve inch fishing lures swallowed all the |
| where do you start to fish? I'm quite certain | | | | way down. Jerk baits or large bucktails |
| you've heard of the rule, eighty percent of | | | | usually work the best. |
| the fish are located in twenty percent of the | | | | |
| lake, and this rule is especially applies | | | | When you see a giant northern swimming right |
| here. In the late fall season the cabbage | | | | after your bait it is very exciting, but |
| weeds have reached full maturity and as the | | | | seeing the fish bite also can be one of the |
| cold water seasons approach the Northern pike | | | | biggest downfalls. The most common pitfall |
| are seeking a large meal that will sustain | | | | fishermen run into is trying to set the hook |
| them for the hard winters that this portion | | | | and pull before they feel the fish. Ninety |
| of the world has. | | | | percent of the time if you set the hook |
| | | | before you feel the fish bite; you'll not |
| After you spot a good cabbage weed bed, | | | | catch the fish. Always feel the fish before |
| concentrate and fish on the outer edges of | | | | you set. |
| the weeds. Move towards the weeds slowly so | | | | |
| you don't scare off the big pike. After you | | | | The best sign of a good cabbage weed bed is |
| have fished the outside edges of the weeds, | | | | when you have set the hook on a monster pike |
| start working the center and then fish the | | | | and you see numerous weeds getting sawed off |
| backside of the weed bed. | | | | with your line. That is when you know that |
| | | | you may have hooked a trophy fish of a |
| It is usually not a good sign if you start | | | | lifetime. |
| catching smaller norther pike there. If the | | | | |