Northern Pike Fishing on Lake of the Woods

In a lake environment like Lake of the Woods, pike prefer weedy bays, estuaries and shoals as spring and summer habitat. During cool autumn days pike are most likely to seek deeper water. Pike are aggressive feeders through spring, summer and fall and continue to be caught through the ice during the winter months. Sizes of 5 to 10 lbs. are common and lunkers up to 30 lbs. have been caught. Northerns will take just about every kind of live and artificial bait, including very large streamer flies. For trolling or casting try: spoons, bucktail spinners, crankbaits, topwater lures, spinnerbaits, and, buzzbaits. Live baits include large chubs and shiners.

The 14,000 islands and innumerable reefs and weed beds provide quite a challenge for any fisherman. Every season lucky fishermen catch big muskies and northerns while walleye, crappie or bass fishing. Please link to the fishing lodges below that offer northern pike fishing on Lake of the Woods. If you are looking for other Canadian pike fishing lakes, visit Sunset Country's website dedicated to Canada Northern Pike Fishing.