How to Use northern pike in a Sentence

northern pike

noun
  • The lake is home to brown trout, walleye, northern pike, bass and panfish.
    Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
  • But the real draw to a fly-in camp like Cree River Lodge (creeriverlodge.ca) is northern pike.
    Colin Kearns, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Bass and northern pike have been very active on the Crow River.
    Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 15 July 2021
  • Like the brown trout, the northern pike is an invasive species that feasts on other fish.
    Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The lake has a daily bag limit of 20 perch, five walleye and five northern pike.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2018
  • The lake is home to a wide variety of fish—smallmouth bass, walleye, and northern pike to name a few.
    Outside Online, 2 June 2022
  • The pike in the small lakes around the pines are an isolated group of fish, far from any other northern pike in Alaska.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The fish, which Slater struggled to get into her kayak, was a 46-inch northern pike weighing 29 lbs.
    Michael Hamad, courant.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Sheepshead, catfish and even northern pike prowl those waters, as well.
    cleveland, 28 May 2020
  • Despite all of this, blue-colored northern pike are extremely rare in any part of the world.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The area serves as a spawning ground for lake sturgeon, walleye, yellow perch and northern pike.
    Shantal Riley, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
  • And, with recent dam-removal projects, the river now booms with great blue heron, steelhead trout, and northern pike.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2022
  • This year's northern pike data has also shed more light on the need to reconfigure the riverbed at the old North Avenue dam site.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2022
  • The Jitterbug is effective for bass, northern pike, and even muskie.
    Mark Modoski, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Some feature walleyes, others lake trout, northern pike, Arctic grayling and more.
    Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
  • On the fisheries side, over the last several weeks the DNR collected eggs from muskellunge, northern pike and suckers, none of which was done in 2020.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2021
  • After a few minutes of fighting, an extremely large northern pike rose to the surface of the water.
    Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2020
  • Dad was a man of few words who managed to tell great stories that connected the pursuit of rainbow trout or northern pike with life lessons.
    WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Summer and fall are excellent times to fish the rivers, Donofrio said, and anglers have the chance to catch walleyes, northern pike and muskellunge while trying for smallmouth.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2017
  • With more than a dozen inland lakes and an abundant supply of muskies, smallmouth bass, and northern pike, the fishing at Tahquamenon is bar none.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2022
  • Walleye fishing has been tough at times, but anglers are finding northern pike by trolling crankbaits.
    Star Tribune, 27 May 2021
  • On the Rainy River, anglers are catching a mixed bag of walleye, sauger, smallmouth bass, northern pike and sturgeon.
    Joel Rippel, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
  • Our catch included several dozen perch, a dozen walleyes and two northern pike.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Anglers also are finding smallmouth bass, northern pike, sauger and walleyes on the river.
    Star Tribune, 8 July 2021
  • Grand Rapids area: Most varieties of fish — bass, panfish, northern pike and walleye — have been active on area lakes.
    Joel Rippel, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
  • Bass have remained active in shallow waters, and anglers are finding northern pike off the sharper breaks in depths of 14 to 20 feet.
    Joel Rippel, Star Tribune, 22 July 2021
  • Other species taken from the creek included a northern pike, which is native, and a pregnant goldfish - the size of a small dinner plate – that is not.
    Peter Krouse, cleveland, 13 May 2022
  • Anglers have used it to catch largemouth and smallmouth bass, northern pike, speckeld trout, redfish, and white bass, among many other species.
    Mark Modoski, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • With so much territory and so few anglers, your chances of landing some of the lake’s trophy-size lake trout, walleye, or northern pike are great.
    Outside Online, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Just some of the fish in the lake include bluegill, largemouth and smallmouth bass, muskellunge (muskie), northern pike, sturgeon, sunfish, walleye and yellow perch.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2023

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