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Location: Metro , Mille Lacs, and G. Rapids | Hey guys im heading up north to itasca county for a week with the family and I'm trying to hook my dad into a big pike any hints or ideas on what lakes to try and hit? ...thanks in advance |
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| Good luck with that one I have fished itasca county for 20 years and I personal best is 39. most of the lakes around here have been speared into hammer handle factories |
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| I've never really fished these for pike, but people spear big ones every year in: Pokegama (GR), Trout (Coleraine), Wabana (10 mi. North of GR), Siseebakwet aka Sugar (SW of GR). I don't think Sugar has many but I've heard of some big ones. All of these will have tons of hammer handles, which is pretty much all I've caught, but I don't target big ones so I only catch incidental ones while walleye fishing.
Some people specifically target them on Winnie and Leech and catch lots of 5 - 10 pounders with the occasional big one. I don't know much about that though.
Like northernmn said, there seem to be way more lakes infested with hammer handles than there are lakes with with an actual quality pike fishery. |
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Posts: 112
| Agree with Trout, Pokegama, Wabana and Winnie. Would also add Swan by Pengilly. Big pike is a relative term in this area. |
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