How to Catch Northern Pike by the Season
Northern pike adapt to seasonal freshwater temperature patterns. Learn the gear, techniques, retrieves, and flies to catch these predatory fish.
February 16, 2021
The sound of the oars stroking water filled the silence on the Stealthcraft Power Drifter captained by Steve Pogodzienski, also known as Pogo. It was one of those lulls in the conversation that happen when fishing from a drift boat, a bit of quiet that allowed me to hear the oars as we pulled up on another spot. Steve was at the oars in the middle while my friend Scott Tirrell and I cast big flies and swimbaits at shoreline structure for northern pike.