Tips for fishing northern pike: 1) Find the habitat, find the fish. Pike are ambush predators. They like shallow bays where there’s structure/aquatic vegetation to hind behind. 2) Mimic their food source. Pike with eat just about anything, but I like to use big mammal imitators. They really seem to get their attention, and it’s fun to watch them strike at the surface. 3) Use a thick rubber net, and have pliers handy. Big pike will bite through less heavy duty nets with ease. Their sharp teeth ca