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Northern pike might be closely related to muskies, but they’re not muskies. They have very different feeding habits. They exhibit different predatory behaviors. Pike are also smaller. Yet despite this ...

Fly fishing for pike has been around for a few years now, with many anglers targeting big waters like Chew Valley Lake.

All fish are predators, but northern pike come dressed for the part—needle teeth, vacant eyes, thick slime, serpentine shape—which is part of what make pike fishing so much fun. Their primeval ...

There’s rarely a warning. Not with pike. When a striped bass attacks a topwater fly, you often see a boil or a swirl before the toilet flushes. Snakeheads will track a foam frog and wake the surface ...

Large trout reservoirs have become synonymous with big pike in the last decade, with some true giants now residing in these venues after capitalising on an endless supply of food. While many of these ...