There are a lot of northern pike in the Winnipeg river system. Anglers will find pike wherever they fish, so don’t be surprised to find pike all over the various rocky structure you will find here. The areas with weeds are great places to target pike too, especially the deeper weed edges. Anglers that target pike here will catch good numbers of them with trophy fish up to 40 inches and bigger a real possibility as well. When you upsize your lures for pike, don’t be shocked when you run into some muskie too. These waters are home to some awesome muskie fishing too.
Best Baits for Northern Pike
Northern pike are known for eating just about everything they can get the mouths on and there is definitely some truth to that. For the most part, if it swims, pike may eat it. There are some baits that definitely will catch more pike than others though. Spinners, crankbaits, spoons, swimbaits and soft plastics are some of the best lures for targeting pike. Live baits such as minnows and perch are great baits too.
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Best Rigs for Northern Pike
There are many different rigs you can use for northern pike, however, since pike are so aggressive, you really don’t need to use as many of them as you would if you were trying to get good at largemouth bass fishing. For most situations, you can keep it real simple with a jighead and a minnow or soft plastic bait. To learn about some of the rigs that you can use, take a look at our best rigs for northern pike page.
Best Techniques for Northern Pike
Anglers catch pike with many different techniques. Casting, trolling and drifting are most popular ways to target pike, but there are some other methods that also work well too.
To learn more, take a look at our best techniques for northern pike page.
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Our northern pike fishing section has tons of tips on the best lures, live baits, where to catch them and how to catch them.
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