Lake Ontario has plenty of northern pike that if you want to target them, you should be able to catch some throughout the lake. There are definitely some better areas to target them. Fishing on the St. Lawrence River is very good for northern pike in the Thousand Islands area. You can also find pike in the various bays and rivers throughout Lake Ontario. Some very large northern pike are caught in the lake every year, so don’t be shocked if you run into a fish in the 40 inch range or bigger.
| Bay of Quinte | Pulaski, NY |
| Henderson Harbor, NY | Rochester, NY |
| Niagara Falls Region | Thousand Islands |
| Orleans County, NY | Toronto, Ontario |
| Oswego, NY | Watertown, NY |