Northern pike typically have dark olive bodies with a pattern of lighter-colored, oblong spots on their sides. FedBul / Adobe stock A pike strike is a magical thing, and I don’t really care if it’s ...

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 ...

Northern pike, chain pickerel, and muskies are all members of the same family. And if we were comparing them to the porridge in “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” pike fishing would be “just right.” ...

Before we get full time into outdoor columns about hunting, let me do a final end-of-summer column about fishing. About a month ago I wrote a column about a wonderful July morning in my fishing boat, ...