NORTHERN PIKE

FISH FOR PIKE

Northern Pike Identification
Species overview, identification, habitat, life history (Pikes and Mudminnows chapter from PA Fishes book)

INTERACTIVE MAPS

Find fishing waters by using one or more of our interactive maps:

• Warmwater/Coolwater Fisheries for waters known to have musky
• Special Regulation Areas (Brood Stock Program)
• Biologist Reports for reports on waters surveyed by Commission biologists
• County Guide for access points

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Northern Pike Management and Fishing in Pennsylvania

FEATURE ARTICLES FROM PA ANGLER & BOATER MAGAZINE

Anatomy of a Predator
Coldwater Bite on the Allegheny
Fall River Fishing for Pike
October is for Pike
PLAY (Fall) - All about the Pike Family
The Overlooked Northern Pike
Why Not Pike?

CAUGHT IN PA

Matthew Webb with a 39-inch Pike caught and released from his kayak on Lake Marburg in 2016

Sabrina Hudock of Masontown, PA holds two Northern Pike she caught while ice fishing with her father Joe Hudock at High Point Lake. She caught the biggest fish, 26-inch and 28-inch on jumbo shiners.

Josh McGarry, age 14, caught this 34-inch Pike on a shiner while fishing at Glendale Lake

Scott Maurey from Sayre with a 38-inch, 12 pound Northern Pike caught from a private pond near Athens, Bradford County