This week we’ll continue our look at a type of lure that’s often neglected by Shenandoah Valley anglers — the weedless spoon.

Northern pike, chain pickerel, and muskies are all members of the same family. And if we were comparing them to the porridge in “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” pike fishing would be “just right.” ...

All fish are predators, but northern pike come dressed for the part—needle teeth, vacant eyes, thick slime, serpentine shape—which is part of what make pike fishing so much fun. Their primeval ...

September and October are two of the finest months of the year for catching both numbers of northern pike and some big pike. The reason for the good fishing is death underwater. Each year about this ...

I first attempted to spear northern pike through the ice with a buddy of mine who had a touch more familiarity with the winter sport than I did. He had been out once or twice in a shack with a spear, ...

"And by the way," Bink Grimes punctuated a voice-mail message early Monday, "we got 'em again in the surf this morning. Up to five pounds, mostly on topwaters." His lure selection came as no surprise.

About half my life ago on a sizzling July afternoon, Jimmie Hammond and I paced the banks of the lake that protects Braeburn Country Club's No. 1 green up near Bissonnet. For two hours, we launched ...