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 ...

Anglers looking to tangle with big, toothy predators in fresh water would be hard pressed to find better targets than muskie and pike. The two game fish are closely related, and they inhabit some of ...

Prioritise freshness when selecting deadbaits. Opt for smaller baits whenever possible, as they are easier for pike to pick ...

I’ve been a fan of chain pickerel since I was a kid. That’s largely because where I grew up there weren’t any pike and even though there were some muskie haunts, those fish felt too unattainable. As ...

An Idaho angler who spends most of his free time fishing for northern pike has established a new state record with the catch of what the state described as "a true monster of a fish." "Pike is what I ...

Some species are more vulnerable to bad handling practice than others, and pike come close to the top of that list. With ...

Katia Rivers, 40, of Rochester, caught and released a magnificent 48.5-inch muskie on opening day on Chautauqua Lake. Rivers was fishing in 12 feet of water, using a 5-inch Baker muskie lure in ...

A man from Idaho has broken the state’s 13-year northern pike fishing record with a catch that was more than half a pound heavier than its predecessor. Thomas Francis reeled in a 40.76-pound northern ...

Brad Lila of Hudson, Wisconsin, was ice fishing on the sprawling 132,000-acre Mille Lacs Lake on Jan. 22 when he caught, measured, and released a big northern pike. The Minnesota DNR has certified the ...

A U.K. angler has gained notoriety for his Feb. 16 catch of a nearly 45-pound pike that set a record for Chew Valley Lake in Somerset, England. “Fish like this really are the stuff of dreams,” Matt ...