Are there any lakes in Indiana with good Northern Pike fishing?
Are there any lakes in Indiana with good Northern Pike fishing?
I know Lake Wawasee and Tippecanoe have Northern Pike, probably in the Barbee chain and other lakes up north too. Not sure I'd call the fishery "good" for them. I've never actually fished specifically for Northern Pike though. Lake Webster is known to be a decent Muskie fishing lake, believe they are in the Barbee chain and in Loon Lake. Patoka was stocked with Northern when it was first flooded. When they first opened the lake you couldn't keep the Northern off of your bait. They were all "hammer handles" though. In time the pike seemed to die out. Used to be, every once in a while you'd hear of someone catching a really big pike out of Patoka. Not sure that's happening any more. Not much of anything being caught there now.
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Quite a few lakes have them. Winona in warsaw has a decent population, as does the James Lake chain in angola. Dewart would be another choice, as is syracuse/wawasee.
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Thanks guys, I have fished Wawasee several times and never saw one. I usually fish for bass, my son wants to catch a Northern. Looks like I may have to go farther north!
There are Pike in Clear Lake, Hudson Lake, and Wolf Lake in Northwest Indiana. Caught one that was probably 20 inches Wednesday night on Clear.
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Thanks everyone.
On Wawasee anything bright like a chrome rattle trap or chrome blades spinnerbait will get their attention. They hang out in the same places that bass do. St. Joe river pool at Mishawaka has lot of them too