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