Never caught one of these…..

[fullstream]

Had planned on going to Lake Erie today for big walleye but wind was rough. Fished a lake fairly close for crappie & bluegill (I still call em brim). Long story short got into some northern pike which was pretty wild on crappie rods with 6lb test lol. Ended with a mixed bag of perch, crappie and brim. Caught 3 pike but released em as the season opens next Saturday. From what I've heard they are tasty. Plan on targeting em soon with bigger rods .

 

[Acorn]

Nice

 

[rifle02]

Tasty but bony!

 

[Crappieaddict]

Cool!

 

[TNRifleman]

Had planned on going to Lake Erie today for big walleye but wind was rough. Fished a lake fairly close for crappie & bluegill (I still call em brim). Long story short got into some northern pike which was pretty wild on crappie rods with 6lb test lol. Ended with a mixed bag of perch, crappie and brim. Caught 3 pike but released em as the season opens next Saturday. From what I've heard they are tasty. Plan on targeting em soon with bigger rods .

What lake are you fishing up there?

 

[fullstream]

We were fishing at Magician lake in Dwaujac Michigan.

 

[Speedwell-Hunter]

get dat OLE Y-bone OUTTA DEM!!!

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

Cool!

 

[TNRifleman]

We were fishing at Magician lake in Dwaujac Michigan.

Man I really miss fishing lakes up north. I grew up fishing for walleye in western PA and for Smallies and Lake Trout on Lake Erie.

 

[fullstream]

Man I really miss fishing lakes up north. I grew up fishing for walleye in western PA and for Smallies and Lake Trout on Lake Erie.

I'm excited to fish Lake Erie, from what I've read the big walleye bite has been on fire when you can get out!

 

[Headhunter]

I will not eat them. I have always heard they are great to eat. Nope. Really nice canadians (last time we were on Rainy Lake) filleted a couple we caught and they cooked some of the fillets and we cooked some fillets from the pike. They told us how great they are to eat. Actually the limit on non residents there is like none or one. Northern Pike are terrible to eat, nope not for me. Especially when I can catch all the walleye I want and not even fish for walleye.

 

[lafn96]

Love fried northern pike; but they do have alot of bones