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Pike Fishing Tips for Lake Kabetogama

Lake Kabetogama Trophy Pike

Lake Kabetogama Trophy Pike

We have been getting frequently asked about finding successful trophy pike fishing on Lake Kabetogama. Therefore, we have compiled a few of our best pike fishing tips to help you find and catch these Lake Kabetogama trophies.

PIKE GEAR

Pike fishing is a serious game. If you are here for pike, put your walleye gear away. If you want to throw big baits then you need big gear. This means you have to have a rod with some backbone.

My favorite is the telescoping Prorex by Diawa match that with the Lexa400 HD. It’s a quality setup that can handle whatever you plan on throwing at these fish.

HOW TO FIND PIKE

  1. Look for and target the submerged weed beds. I like the ones that no one knows is there, no grass or weeds visible.

  2. Next, you will need to locate them. Find them with your electronics then back out. Start Looking in any of the bays on kab.

HOW TO TARGET PIKE

  1. Once you find a promising spot, keep the boat out in 10-12 feet of water and cast big shallow running baits on top of submerged weeds. The goal is to be casting into 5-7 feet- any shallower you will be catching weeds most of the time.

  2. Use Suicks, Big bucktails, big topwater. Wire leaders are the only way to go for sure. Not the cheaper plastic coated “steel/steal leaders”.

WHEN THE PIKE ARE SHALLOW

  1. If you don’t find them deeper then try shallow, and this is most applicable in the fall.

  2. In this instance, I recommend that you try a softball-sized bobber in about 3-6 feet of water. At our Kab Outdoors store we have some custom-made harness’s that lets the 4-12” sucker swim freely.

Be sure to swing by our store to grab your items and get the latest fishing report.

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3/2/21

SnoBear yields fishing fun on Kabetogama

"Experienced open water anglers, Todd, and Reed, hailing from central Iowa, told us that neither of them had spent much time ice fishing. They said too that before reading about KAB Outdoors, they hadn’t even known how to pronounce the word Kabetogama. But learning about our SnoBear rental combos, the idea of ice fishing piqued their interest. So, they booked a trip and drove on up to give ice fishing on Kabetogama a try.

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During the pre-trip run through, I mentioned that if you can run a riding lawn mower, you’re qualified to run our SnoBear. Okay, so operating the machine is simple, but what about figuring out where to go and fish, they asked?

That is simple too, I already have the key fishing depths highlighted on the Lakemaster Chart that is loaded on our Humminbird Helix 10. Waypoints for the better fishing spots are loaded on the unit too and so are my trails, marks, and other helpful information.

Armed with a little information and a sense of adventure, Todd and Reed headed across the ice and look what they did. As you can see in the photos, folks who don’t have a lot of ice fishing experience can still find and catch fish, even on their first trip to the lake!

There’s no doubt that the comfort and efficiency of the SnoBear makes it shine as a fishing machine. But we learned this winter too that not everybody needs to catch a fish to make renting the SnoBear worthwhile. Some of our guests used it for playing on the ice, sightseeing in the Voyageurs National Park, or traveling to dinner at restaurants on the lake.

We’re thankful that the weather, the ice and the snow conditions combined to make this winter a fabulous one. In fact, it is hard to think of any way that things could have gone much better than they did.

But as the walleye season came to an end this weekend, we began pulling our fleet of rentals off the ice. For us, the time has come to put the ice fishing gear away and begin preparing for the upcoming open water fishing season.

We want to thank everybody who came up for a visit this winter and thanks to all of you who are making inquiries and reservations for next winter. By then, we’ll be chomping at the bit to get back on the ice, but for now, we’ll enjoy a little break in the action.

As the weather warms and we get closer to ice-out, we’ll begin posting fresh reports. In the meantime, thanks again for your support, we’re looking forward to seeing you again! Book your adventure today Contact KAB OUTDOORS or Call 218.875.2281.