Pike Fishing in March

[op110]

Hello fellow fishermen and women. I'm coming up March 19-22 for some pike fishing and am wondering where to go, how the ice is and if we can drive out their with a truck and if their is any plowed roads. Thanks for all of your help. Looking forward to this trip.

[Boar]

Boy ya got my blood pumpin on this one. That time of the season go shallow. I mean shallow. 4' or less under which means you're actually in 8' with 4' of ice. I've caught pike in just 2' under ice that time of year. Dead cisco or sucker on the bottom. Another tip with live sucker just off the bottom. Twin rock is good. The shallows out of arnesons or warroad, the reed river mouth in Buffolo bay. And my personal favorite, oopps, cant give that one up hee hee. Just stay shallow, pluse the pike are pretty lithargick pre spawn and dont like to chase a bait. Later boar

[bobby617]

boar., now you have me going ., i have been up there 2 times in me lifetime., and we are comming up in the end of march 26,27,28(i hope it is safe then)., going for the pike and also eyes ., bunch of us ., but me ., im going to have fun and if i catch a hog., that is a picture perfect bonus., thanks for your imput .,

[local boy]

do u think it would be worth trying a tip up off of long point in 10' fow or less on the first weekend in april or do u think i should try shallower?

[op110]

Boar- Would it be a good idea to go off of Springsteel Resort or not. Do you have an idea if they have a plowed road or not. And how would i get to and on the lake at that buffaloe point or reed river mouth? Thankyou Youv'e been a very good help. I'm bringing some guys up and haven't fished at that time of the year so I really don't know where to go. When we were up in January we went out of Springsteel Resort and only caught 6 the entire weekend with one being 40.5. Good luck fishing everyone

[hanson]

op110,<BR>You said you were up fishing Pike out of Springsteel in January, were you in shallow right off to the right of the channel or out the other way toward Elm Pt? I might be wrong but 6 in one weekend with one at 40.5" sounds pretty good to me. Last spring towards the beginning of April we only managed 2 through the ice in one weekend.<P>Anyway, my dad has been up out of Zippel last 2 weekends for walleyes and it has been pretty slow. Got some spare time Sunday and was thinking of trying for Pike in the morning. Haven't decided if I'm gonna try out of Springsteel, Warroad, or over towards Swift Ditch. Anyway, if anybody has been out and has some reports, I'm all ears.<P>

[op110]

Yes we caught six the weekend of January fourth for about 15 guys. The five were between "20-28" on the first day and the next day was colder than h*** and we were very lucky to have that 40.5 bite. we were off to the right of springsteel next to the spear houses