best lakes for lunker northern pike (Read 4742 times)
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best lakes for lunker northern pike
Apr 19th, 2009 at 4:41pm
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Which are the best lakes for lunker northern pike?
  
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Re: best lakes for lunker northern pike
Reply #1 - Apr 19th, 2009 at 5:20pm
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Sounds like you want me to give up my secrets. 

Generally the biggest pike are caught in the largest lakes in the lowest part of the water system. As you go flow further along in a water system usually you will find an increase in the productivity of a lake. Increased productivity = more food = more fish = better chance of bigger fish.

That being said the two river systems in the park, the Bloodvein and the Gammon are pretty good as are some other waterbodies off those systems; Sydney, Haggart and Irregular Lake for example.

Other things come into play as well, miles of shoreline for example. The more irregular the shoreline and increased number of islands = more shallow water habitat which is generally the most productive.

Follow this link (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) and go to the background information document. Look at maps 12 and 13 for lake productivity and fish communities.

Doug
  
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Re: best lakes for lunker northern pike
Reply #2 - May 13th, 2009 at 3:48pm
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What do you consider a lunker?

I suck at fishing, I mean bad! but I routinely catch pike over 30" and Walleye over 24".

My son likes to go to government docks in town for an hour most nights and we catch a 24"+ walleye almost every time.

  
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Re: best lakes for lunker northern pike
Reply #3 - May 14th, 2009 at 12:58pm
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22 pound Laker caught this past week. That'll qualify as a lunker, but not a pike.
  
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