Northern Pike
Esox lucius
A voracious ambush predator with a torpedo-shaped body and duck-bill snout full of sharp teeth, the northern pike lurks in weedy shallows waiting to strike at baitfish, frogs, and even small waterfowl. It is found throughout cold northern lakes and rivers across the USA and Canada.
Weed beds, lily pads, and slow backwaters in cool northern waters.
How to Catch Northern Pike
Whether you're new to targeting Northern Pike or refining your approach, success starts with matching your tactics to where the fish lives. Northern Pike (Esox lucius) is typically found in lake water and river water, so concentrate your effort where those conditions line up. Mature Northern Pike average around 24 inches, which helps you choose the right line, lure size, and tackle for the fight.
Where to Find Northern Pike in the USA & Canada
Northern Pike is recorded across a range of North American waters, including spots in Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Yukon. Browse the linked water guides below to see the specific lakes, rivers, and coastal waters where anglers report catching Northern Pike, then plan a trip around the water closest to you.
Northern Pike Fishing Regulations & Limits
Fishing rules for Northern Pike vary by state and province. Before you head out, check the daily bag limits, minimum size limits, and open seasons that apply in your area. When FishFinder has matching records, the regulations link below takes you to the rules hub. Following local limits keeps Northern Pike populations healthy for future seasons.
Related Water Guides for Northern Pike
Explore these FishFinder water guides for places where Northern Pike is recorded:
- Lake Erie — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mississippi River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Winnipeg — Northern Pike fishing water
- Rideau Lakes — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake of the Woods — Northern Pike fishing water
- Rainy Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Eagle Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Wabigoon Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Seul — Northern Pike fishing water
- Red Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Nipigon — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Nipissing — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Temagami — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lady Evelyn Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- French River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Georgian Bay — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Simcoe — Northern Pike fishing water
- Long Point Bay — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake St. Clair — Northern Pike fishing water
- Bay of Quinte — Northern Pike fishing water
- St. Lawrence River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Big Rideau Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Ottawa River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Charlie Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Peace River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Athabasca River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Pembina River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Smoky River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Wapiti River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Newell — Northern Pike fishing water
- Milk River — Northern Pike fishing water
- St. Mary Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Crawling Valley Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Pigeon Lake (Alberta) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Gull Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Sylvan Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Buck Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Wabamun Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- North Saskatchewan River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Red Deer River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Cold Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac La Biche — Northern Pike fishing water
- Calling Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lesser Slave Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Baptiste Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Peace River (Alberta) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Wabasca Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Utikuma Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Athabasca — Northern Pike fishing water
- Slave River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Gregoire Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Christina Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Diefenbaker — Northern Pike fishing water
- Last Mountain Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Buffalo Pound Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Blackstrap Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Echo Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Katepwa Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Pasqua Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Fishing Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Good Spirit Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Greenwater Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Rafferty Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Boundary Dam Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- South Saskatchewan River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Qu'Appelle River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Ministikwan Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Chitek Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Tobin Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Codette Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Candle Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Emma Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Jackfish Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Murray Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Delaronde Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- East Trout Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Little Bear Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Dore Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Greig Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Amisk Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Deschambault Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Smoothstone Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac la Ronge — Northern Pike fishing water
- Churchill River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Reindeer Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Wollaston Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Cree Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Black Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Tazin Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Selwyn Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Fond du Lac River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Red River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Assiniboine River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Manitoba — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Winnipegosis — Northern Pike fishing water
- Dauphin Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake of the Prairies — Northern Pike fishing water
- West Hawk Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Falcon Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Crowduck Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Winnipeg River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Shoal Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Wahtopanah — Northern Pike fishing water
- Pelican Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Stephenfield Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Wellman Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Child's Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Clearwater Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Reed Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Wekusko Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Kississing Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Cormorant Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Rocky Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- First Cranberry Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Setting Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Paint Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Cross Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Sipiwesk Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Nelson River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Wuskwatim Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Threepoint Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Gods Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Gods River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Nueltin Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Island Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Molson Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Berens River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Fleuve Saint-Laurent — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac des Deux Montagnes — Northern Pike fishing water
- Rivière des Outaouais — Northern Pike fishing water
- Rivière des Mille Îles — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Saint-François — Northern Pike fishing water
- Rivière Richelieu — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Saint-Pierre — Northern Pike fishing water
- Rivière Saint-Maurice — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Aylmer — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Memphrémagog — Northern Pike fishing water
- Grand lac Saint-François — Northern Pike fishing water
- Rivière Chaudière — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Archambault — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Ouareau — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac des Trente et Un Milles — Northern Pike fishing water
- Grand lac Nominingue — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Blue Sea — Northern Pike fishing water
- Rivière Gatineau — Northern Pike fishing water
- Réservoir Baskatong — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Kipawa — Northern Pike fishing water
- Réservoir Decelles — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Simard — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Abitibi — Northern Pike fishing water
- Réservoir Gouin — Northern Pike fishing water
- Réservoir Taureau — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Saint-Jean — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Kénogami — Northern Pike fishing water
- Churchill River (Labrador) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Naskaupi River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Smallwood Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Ashuanipi Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Atikonak Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Minipi Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Osprey Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Big Kalzas Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Earn Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Finlayson Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Simpson Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Aishihik Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Kusawa Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Laberge — Northern Pike fishing water
- Marsh Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Frances Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Ethel Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mayo Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Tagish Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Quiet Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Wolf Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Big Salmon Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Atlin Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Dezadeash Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Braeburn Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Little Atlin Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Wellesley Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Teslin River at Johnsons Crossing — Northern Pike fishing water
- East Aishihik River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mandanna Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Fox Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Little Salmon Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Fish Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Teslin Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Tatlmain Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Frenchman Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Snafu Lakes — Northern Pike fishing water
- Pine Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Great Slave Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Stark Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Alexie Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Chitty Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Prelude Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Prosperous Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Tibbitt Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Kam Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Grace Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Johnston Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Baker Creek — Northern Pike fishing water
- Yellowknife River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Cameron River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mosquito Creek — Northern Pike fishing water
- Hay River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Little Buffalo River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Sandy Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Kakisa River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Tathlina Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Trout Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Moose River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Cli Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Horn River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mills Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mackenzie River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac la Martre — Northern Pike fishing water
- La Martre River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lac Grandin — Northern Pike fishing water
- Artillery Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mackay Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Point Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Nonacho Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Great Bear Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Colville Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Great Bear River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Travaillant Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Peel River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Dolomite Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Husky Lakes — Northern Pike fishing water
- Naknek River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Kvichak River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Nushagak River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Chena River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Tanana River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Yukon River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Upper Lake Mary — Northern Pike fishing water
- Yampa River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Vallecito Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Spinney Mountain Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Eleven Mile Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Bantam Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Gardner Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mansfield Hollow Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Connecticut River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Pend Oreille — Northern Pike fishing water
- Priest Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Coeur d'Alene Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mississippi River (Illinois-Iowa Border) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Ohio River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Tippecanoe River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Wawasee — Northern Pike fishing water
- West Okoboji Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Spirit Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Clear Lake (Iowa) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Storm Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mississippi River (Iowa Waters) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Missouri River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Big Sioux River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Cedar River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Great Pond — Northern Pike fishing water
- Deep Creek Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Youghiogheny River Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Conowingo Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Onota Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Pontoosuc Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Cochituate — Northern Pike fishing water
- Quaboag River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Connecticut River (Massachusetts) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake St. Clair (Michigan) — Northern Pike fishing water
- St. Clair River — Northern Pike fishing water
- St. Marys River (Michigan) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Saginaw Bay — Northern Pike fishing water
- Houghton Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Burt Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mullett Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Black Lake (Michigan) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Gull Lake (Michigan) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Gun Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Otsego Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Gogebic — Northern Pike fishing water
- Tahquamenon River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mille Lacs Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Leech Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Vermilion — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Winnibigoshish — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Kabetogama — Northern Pike fishing water
- Gull Lake Chain — Northern Pike fishing water
- Upper Red Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Minnetonka — Northern Pike fishing water
- Whitefish Chain — Northern Pike fishing water
- Pelican Lake (St. Louis County) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Superior (Minnesota) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake of the Woods (Minnesota) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Rainy Lake (Minnesota) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Rainy River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Basswood Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Saganaga Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Namakan Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- St. Croix River (Minnesota) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Pepin — Northern Pike fishing water
- St. Louis River Estuary — Northern Pike fishing water
- Red River of the North — Northern Pike fishing water
- Big Stone Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Bitterroot River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Clark Fork River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Noxon Rapids Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Seeley Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Madison River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Missouri River (Montana) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Canyon Ferry Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Hauser Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Holter Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Gallatin River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Jefferson River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Elwell (Tiber Reservoir) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Fort Peck Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Tongue River Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake McConaughy — Northern Pike fishing water
- Merritt Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Calamus Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Harlan County Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Sherman Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Elwood Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Wanahoo — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lewis and Clark Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Missouri River (Nebraska Waters) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Box Butte Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Minatare — Northern Pike fishing water
- Smith Lake WMA — Northern Pike fishing water
- Pelican Lake (Valentine NWR) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Flanagan Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Red Willow Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Grove Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Willow Creek Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Comins Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Jericho Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Umbagog Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Connecticut River (New Hampshire) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Spruce Run Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Monksville Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mercer Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mountain Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Delaware River (New Jersey) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Eagle Nest Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Cochiti Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Rio Grande — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Erie (New York) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Ontario (New York) — Northern Pike fishing water
- St. Lawrence River (New York) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Upper Niagara River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lower Niagara River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Champlain — Northern Pike fishing water
- Seneca Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Cayuga Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Oneida Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake George (New York) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Schroon Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Great Sacandaga Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Black Lake (New York) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Sakakawea — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Oahe — Northern Pike fishing water
- Missouri River (North Dakota) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Garrison Dam Tailrace — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Audubon — Northern Pike fishing water
- Heart Butte Reservoir (Lake Tschida) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Devils Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Stump Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Red River (North Dakota) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Bois de Sioux River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Jamestown Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Pipestem Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Buffalo Lake (Sargent County) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Elsie — Northern Pike fishing water
- Spiritwood Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Ashtabula — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Metigoshe — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Darling — Northern Pike fishing water
- McDowell Dam — Northern Pike fishing water
- Presque Isle Bay — Northern Pike fishing water
- Delaware River (Pennsylvania) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Allegheny River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Marburg — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Sharpe — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Francis Case — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Traverse — Northern Pike fishing water
- Waubay Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Bitter Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Enemy Swim Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Horseshoe Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Poinsett — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Thompson — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Kampeska — Northern Pike fishing water
- Roy Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- James River (South Dakota) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Belle Fourche Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Shadehill Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Cheyenne River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Grand River (South Dakota) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Sheridan Lake (South Dakota) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Stockade Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Flaming Gorge Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Utah Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Green River (Utah) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Yuba Reservoir — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Winnebago — Northern Pike fishing water
- Wolf River (Wisconsin) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Green Bay — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lower Fox River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Superior (Wisconsin Waters) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Mississippi River (Wisconsin-Minnesota Boundary) — Northern Pike fishing water
- St. Croix River (Wisconsin) — Northern Pike fishing water
- Menominee River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Chippewa Flowage — Northern Pike fishing water
- Turtle-Flambeau Flowage — Northern Pike fishing water
- Flambeau River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Namekagon River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Eagle River Chain of Lakes — Northern Pike fishing water
- Minocqua Chain — Northern Pike fishing water
- Wisconsin River — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Petenwell — Northern Pike fishing water
- Castle Rock Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Mendota — Northern Pike fishing water
- Lake Koshkonong — Northern Pike fishing water
- Geneva Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Big Green Lake — Northern Pike fishing water
- Keyhole Reservoir (Wyoming) — Northern Pike fishing water
Northern Pike Regulations
Review current FishFinder regulation records before targeting Northern Pike:
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of water is best for catching Northern Pike?
Northern Pike (Esox lucius) is typically found in lake water and river water. Focus your effort where those conditions line up to improve your chances.
How big does Northern Pike get?
Mature Northern Pike average around 24 inches, though individual fish can run larger. Matching your line, lure size, and tackle to that range makes for a better fight and landing rate.
Where can I catch Northern Pike in the USA and Canada?
Northern Pike is reported across North American waters, including spots in Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Yukon. Check the locations listed on this page to find the lakes, rivers, and coastal waters closest to you.
Do I need a fishing license to catch Northern Pike?
A valid fishing license is required in most US states and Canadian provinces. Daily bag limits, minimum size limits, and open seasons for Northern Pike vary by region, so review the regulations on this page and with your local wildlife authority before heading out.