Then you have the northern pike, which hits a toothy-fish sweet spot. Pike fishing is available to a lot of anglers. Northern pike can grow very large, but small to medium-sized fish are abundant and ...

“We’re responding to angler concerns about the over-abundance of small, or hammer-handle, pike in the north-central zone,” Kavanaugh said. Through anglers keeping small fish but protecting ...

But jigging is an exciting and effective way to catch these toothy critters and rest assured, even a small pike will give you a heck of a battle on a jigging rod. It doesn’t take a lot of ...

increase pike populations in the south and eventually solve the problem of an over-abundance of small pike in north-central Minnesota.” In hopes of engaging anglers and spearers about the zone ...