Dec. 6—BEMIDJI — Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.

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Lynn Lake, Manitoba — Somewhere on that cedar-thick esker was a bull moose the guys had seen scampering skyward through trees and moss and away from a 16-foot aluminum boat that had invaded Pyta Lake ...

These record pike reveal where the true giants swim. European waters, particularly in Germany, Sweden, and Italy, consistently produce the largest northern pike, suggesting longer growing seasons and ...

After our guide cut the outboard, I grabbed my fly rod, stepped up to the bow deck, and surveyed the scene. It had been a long, exhausting journey from my home in New York to way-way-way-northern ...

We have come to pick a fight, for the 20-pounders found in these parts are unquestionably one of the great savages of the fly fishing world. Every 50 yards or so there seemed to be a log-sized pike ...

FISHING — Outdoor Life once headlined Montana’s Bighorn River as the Best Trout Stream in America. Apparently the predators heard the news. A fly fisherman got the surprise of his life last month when ...

Hi! I'm 11 and have been fishing since I was four and have always caught pike. I bought a new rod and reel it's very good. I bought some of those rubber perch lures threw it on my line threw it out ...