Late Season Northern Pike Fishing

Most any fisherman dreams of being out on the water on a beautifull fall day in anticipation of catching a trophy Northern Pike. Feeling your line strip off your reel while your hanging to your rod on for dear life, as you get the first look of the monster Northern Pike that swallowed in your fishing lure. If you have ever desired to catch your trophy Northern Pike of your dreams and you would like to learn and understand more, than this is for you.

You need to find a lake that has the reputation for big pike fishing. There is nothing quite like the lakes of Northern and central Manitoba because they are full with trophy pike. Once you get to the lake, the next question is where do you start to fish? I'm quite sure you've heard of the rule, eighty percent of the fish are caught in twenty percent of the lake, and this rule is especially true here. In the late fall season the cabbage weeds have reached full growth and as fall and winter approach the Northern pike are seeking a large meal that will satisfy them for the grueling winters that this portion of the world has.

After you spot a good cabbage weed bed, concentrate and fish on the outer edges of the weeds. Move towards the weeds slowly so you don't scare off the big pike. After you have fished the outside edges of the weeds, start working the center and then fish the backside of the weed bed.

If you are catching the smaller pike, although it's fun, it usually is not a good sign of finding the giant northern pike there. If the smaller ones are around, that means they are in no immediate danger of being eaten by larger fish, therefore the likelihood of a big pike being around is not very good. Giant Northern Pike are very territorial and usually hold in the "prime real estate" of the weeds. Prime cabbage real estate can be defined as transitional edges of the weed beds such as drop offs or rocky terrains adjacent to the weeds, which sometimes can be inside void areas as well.

As the fishing season progresses, the key for catching larger northern pike is to use larger fishing lures. No lure is too large. I have had many twelve inch fishing lures swallowed all the way down. Large buck tails or jerk baits usually have the best result.

One of the most exciting things is to see a monster northern swimming right after your fishing lure, but seeing the fish bite also can be one of the biggest pitfalls. The worst thing a fisherman could do is to set the hook before you feel the fish hit. Most of the time if you set the hook and you didn't feel the bite; you'll not catch the fish. Feel the fish bit before you set will eliminate many heartbreaks.

When you are finished with a weed bed and it has many weeds floting on top of the water after being cut off by a line, that is a great sign. This is when you know that you have had success and hooked a trophy fish of a lifetime.

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Battling a monster northern pike can be a fishing experience of a lifetime. Learn how to find the proper presentation and fishing lures to catch a monster northern pike.

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