Thanks for the replies everybody.
PJ you are absolutely right about pike fishing being much easier right after the spawn. In fact that is the way I've fished them here in WI. After that we toothy predator hunters switch over to Musky and the goal becomes a 50+.
Since there are no musky in Quetico I'm wondering if big pike fill the niche and behave like musky...top of the food chain predator...in mid season. That would mean fishing for them where you would normally find concentrations of other fish in the 8" - 20" size range and throwing appropriately sized baits. That's pretty much the way we fish for muskies, reefs, points and deep outside weed edges once summer sets in. Has any body targeted pike something like that?