Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.

-Chuck Clark

I have no objection to men on fishing trips, as long as they don't get in my way when I'm casting...

-Katie Cooke

Everyone ought to believe in something; I believe I'll go fishing.

-Unknown

Northern Pike Fishing In Canada with Wilderness Air

Canada offers some of the best northern pike fishing in the world, as pike occur naturally in northern latitudes. Let Wilderness Air fly you in to one of our 10 fly-in fishing outposts on our exclusive Ontario lakes. Your deluxe cabin is the only one on the lake, and you'll be in fishing heaven!

We recommend these outpost lakes for trophy northern pike fishing:

These outpost fly-in lakes also offer large northern pike fishing:

As well, all of our conservation day trip lakes as well as the catch and release day trip lakes offer excellent northern pike fishing opportunities.

Fishing for northern pike

About Northern Pike

The scientific name for this type of fish is Esox Lucius, but don't worry, everyone around here just calls them northern pike! The world record was a 55-pound, 1-ouncer caught in Lake Grefreern, Germany, in 1986. The sides of the northern pike vary from dark green to olive green to brown, with gold flecks and seven to nine rows of yellowish to whitish, bean-shaped spots. The underside is white or cream-coloured. Set far back on the body, the dorsal and anal fins are greenish to reddish with irregular black marks. In general, the tips of the tail fin on a northern pike are more rounded than that of the muskie. In Ontario, pikes are caught through spring, summer, fall, and continue to be caught through the ice during the winter months. They are an aggressive fish and are a lot of fun to catch.

Northern Pike Fishing Tips

Northern pike are voracious feeders and take just about every kind of live and artificial bait, including very large streamer flies. They aren’t selective when it comes to live bait and you can use chubs and shiners.
Suggested lures are spoons, bucktail spinner, crankbaits, topwater lures, spinnerbaits and buzzbaits for trolling or casting.
Northern pike love the quiet vegetation of Ontario lakes, and our exclusive outpost lakes offer great weedy bays and shallow waters for spring and summer fishing as well as deeper fishing spots for autumn, when the pike move further into the lake to stay warm.
Be careful when attempting to remove a hook, pike have razor-sharp teeth.

Visit our 10 fly-in fishing outpost cabins and read more about the amazing walleye, northern pike, muskie, bass and trout fishing.

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Northern Pike Recipe

1- 6 lb pike
1/4 lb cracker or dry bread crumbs
3 oz chopped onion
3 eggs, well beaten
2 tsp thyme
3 oz chopped parsley
1 clove garlic, coarsely chopped
1 tsp salt
dry mustard to taste
pepper to taste
3 oz butter, melted
4 slices of thick bacon
1 tbsp olive oil

Clean and prepare fish, removing the liver. Make a stuffing with crumbs, eggs, seasonings, butter, add minced liver. Stuff fish, close with skewers or tie with string. Put in well-greased baking dish brush with olive oil. Bake for 10-15 minutes at 350 degrees. Place bacon slices on fish and finish cooking about 20 minutes.