Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guide Trevor Smith with a fly-caught pike from Alaska's Minto Flat. Northern pike might be closely related to muskies, but they're ...

Dec. 6—BEMIDJI — Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.

There’s rarely a warning. Not with pike. When a striped bass attacks a topwater fly, you often see a boil or a swirl before the toilet flushes. Snakeheads will track a foam frog and wake the surface ...