"It never gets old.”Skyler Koury holds up a four-foot-long northern pike at Fool Hollow Lake in Show Low on June 25, 2020. Our location provides exclusive access to the most untouched northern pike fishing in the world! After that, they were illegally placed in waterways like Fool Hollow Lake.They are not as common these days, said Ryan Follmuth, the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s aquatic wildlife program manager for the Pinetop region, but they still turn up.Northern pike are fun to catch due to their feisty behavior, but they are “big-time predators of our stock trout,” Follmuth said. It was no fish story either: Koury posted photo proof to Instagram the next day that made quite a splash on social media.Northern pike are large, carnivorous fish with gnarly teeth that hail from the northern portion of the continent, and were introduced in Arizona in the 1960s so people could fish for them.
Northern pike are large, carnivorous fish with gnarly teeth that hail from the northern portion of the continent, and were introduced in Arizona in … The reason we built Cobham River Lodge on the Cobham is because having two river systems (Cobham and Paulson) together provide our Northern Pike an endless supply of Walleye, Perch, White Fish, and Burbot to feed on. At that size as you can see below, most Northern Pike in the water are starting to be female. All Northern Pike at both Cobham River Lodge and Hidden Lake Outpost are released after reaching 30 inches. Fish two to three pounds in weight are often used to hook those monster pike. Northern Pike (Esox Lucius) Northern Pike are the top predator on the Cobham River and Hidden Lake while being a very aggressive voracious eater that will attack almost anything that gets too close including ducklings and other pike one-third to a half their size as seen in this video. This means our fry and juvenile pike will have lower mortality rates, longer life spans, and grow faster than those found in other waters without the natural foundation that the Cobham River and Paulson River provides to our fishermen.Monster Northern Pike (Esox Lucius) | Cobham River Lodge The historic catch was made on January 29, 1989 while Nilsson was casting an Italia lure from a 12-foot rowboat he was captaining down Sweden's Lodde River. Reeling in monster Pike over 40 inches is a daily occurrence here. From January to December, our northern pike season never closes. The title of the second heaviest northern pike ever recorded -- a 47 pound, 4 ounce beast -- belongs to Swedish angler Ake Nilsson. Both river systems pass within 1 mile of our dock which provides the most current and cleanest water. Unlike the warmer southern waters where the average life span of a northern pike is 10 to 12 years, the cold clear Northern Canada waters on the Cobham River allow for the northern pike life span to exceed 30 years.In summary its simple, the fish need great conditions to allow for the time to grow to monster pike size that we are accustomed to at Cobham River Lodge. In addition to protecting our large egg laying Northern Pike, the Canadian Natural Resources have proven that offspring of larger females are genetically advantaged to the offspring of smaller fish. Northern Pike are the top predator on the Cobham River and Hidden Lake while being a very aggressive voracious eater that will attack almost anything that gets too close including ducklings and other pike one-third to a half their size as seen in this video.Northern Pike on the Cobham River tend to spawn in April or May (when water temperature first reaches about 9 °C (48 °F)). Better yet, long after the spawn and ice is gone, our unique region continues to offer world class Ontario northern pike opportunities. Pike are ravenous fish and can eat fish almost as big as themselves, so in order to catch big pike you are going to need big dead bait.
The quickest way to lose precious flanges would be to grab pike fish right off the line. The two river systems feed into our 76,000 acres of untouched, which is private only to Cobham River Lodge. To others who want to catch a large pike, or maybe even this one, Koury gave a tip: Use bait with a “large profile” so the pike thinks there is a tasty rainbow trout on your line.And even though Koury has likely caught one of the biggest fish at Fool Hollow, you’ll find him back out on the lake as soon as possible.“For some reason, I could go every day," he said. Get A Gripper.
Shallow Bays are a favorite spawn location for Northern pike, where the temperatures are warmer, and the vegetation is plentiful for fertilized eggs to attach.