What gear do you need for northern pike?

What works, from our species page

Soft shads 10-20 cm (4-8 in)
Spoons and inline spinners
Crankbaits and jerkbaits
Spinnerbaits
Pike streamers
Live or dead bait where legal

Autumn and the first weeks after the season reopens; summer works early in the day and in deeper water.

Northern pike

Soft plastic lure fishing

Soft Paddle-Tail Shads 8 cm, Pack of 30
For : european perch, zander, walleye · soft plastic lure fishing
€25.90£12.90Not shipped to the United States
Finesse Soft Lures 12 cm, Pack of 15
For : zander, walleye, european perch · soft plastic lure fishing
€30.90£16.90Not shipped to the United States

Spoon and spinner fishing

Responsible gear
Zinc Fish-Body Spinners, Pack of 5
For : northern pike, european perch, largemouth bass · spoon and spinner fishing
€27.90£13.90Not shipped to the United States
Responsible gear
Single-Hook Casting Spoons 26 g, Pack of 5
For : brown trout, rainbow trout, european perch · spoon and spinner fishing
€23.90£12.90Not shipped to the United States
132-Piece Lure and Tackle Box
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · spoon and spinner fishing
€51.90£29.90Not shipped to the United States
101-Piece Lure and Tackle Box
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · spoon and spinner fishing
€41.90£23.90Not shipped to the United States
8-Strand Green PE Braid, 500 m
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · spoon and spinner fishing
€42.90£24.90Not shipped to the United States
10 cm Hard Lures, Pack of 5 with Box
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€30.90£16.90Not shipped to the United States
Inline Spinners, Pack of 6
For : brown trout, rainbow trout, european perch · spoon and spinner fishing
€27.90£14.90Not shipped to the United States
Assorted Wobbling Spoons in a Box
For : brown trout, rainbow trout, european perch · spoon and spinner fishing
€32.90£17.90Not shipped to the United States
4-Strand PE Braid, Army Green, 300 m
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · spoon and spinner fishing
€27.90£13.90Not shipped to the United States

Crankbait and hard-lure fishing

Small Floating Tail-Spinner Lures 6 cm, Pack of 5
For : largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, european perch · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€36.90£22.90Not shipped to the United States
Lipless Vibration Lures (VIB), ABS, Pack of 6
For : zander, walleye, european perch · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€30.90£15.90Not shipped to the United States
Jointed Big Bait 22 cm, 115 g
For : northern pike, wels catfish · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€57.90£39.90Not shipped to the United States
Floating Spinning-Tail Lures, Pack of 4
For : european perch, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€42.90£27.90Not shipped to the United States
Minnow Crankbaits 9 cm, Pack of 5
For : northern pike, european perch, largemouth bass · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€30.90£16.90Not shipped to the United States
Propeller Surface Lures 9 cm, Pack of 5
For : northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€34.90£19.90Not shipped to the United States
Walk-the-Dog Surface Stickbaits 10 cm 18 g, Pack of 3
For : largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€60.90£43.90Not shipped to the United States
Hard Swimbaits 13.3 cm, Pack of 3
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€29.90£15.90Not shipped to the United States
Floating Minnow Crankbaits 9.8 cm, Pack of 5
For : northern pike, european perch, largemouth bass · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€30.90£16.90Not shipped to the United States
Jointed Stickbaits 13.5 cm 28 g, Pack of 3
For : northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€32.90£18.90Not shipped to the United States
Jointed 4-Section Lure 12.5 cm, Sinking
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€28.90£15.90Not shipped to the United States
Jointed Loach Imitation Lures 10 cm, Pack of 5
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€32.90£18.90Not shipped to the United States

Vertical jigging

8-Strand Multicolour PE Braid, 500 m
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · vertical jigging
€72.90£49.90Not shipped to the United States
Flat Metal Jigs with Assist Hooks, Pack of 3
For : zander, walleye, european perch · vertical jigging
€24.90£12.90Not shipped to the United States

Fly fishing (dry fly and nymph)

Waist-Mounted Lure Box
For : brown trout, rainbow trout, european perch · fly fishing (dry fly and nymph)
€33.90£16.90Not shipped to the United States

Float fishing (waggler and stick float)

Responsible gear
Folding Triangle Landing Net, Aluminium
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · float fishing (waggler and stick float)
€37.90£18.90Not shipped to the United States
Fishing Seat Box with 4 Tackle Trays
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · float fishing (waggler and stick float)
€70.90£37.90Not shipped to the United States
Stainless Steel Swivels, Pack of 100
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · feeder fishing
€29.90£14.90Not shipped to the United States

The rest of the gear

Oxford fabric rod bag
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · carp fishing with a hair rig
€55.90£28.90Not shipped to the United States
Responsible gear
Predator Unhooking Kit: Gloves + Jaw Spreader
For : northern pike, zander, walleye
€30.90£15.90Not shipped to the United States
Responsible gear
Backlit Digital Hanging Scale 50 kg
For : common carp, wels catfish, northern pike
€32.90£28.90Not shipped to the United States
Responsible gear
Digital Hanging Scale 50 kg
For : common carp, wels catfish, northern pike
€30.90£16.90Not shipped to the United States
Responsible gear
Fish Unhooking Mat with 100 cm Ruler
For : common carp, northern pike, zander
€48.90£24.90Not shipped to the United States
Box of 188 Fishing Accessories
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · feeder fishing
€32.90£17.90Not shipped to the United States
Double-Sided Lure Box (L)
For : northern pike, zander, walleye
€34.90£19.90Not shipped to the United States
Fishing Accessory Box, 329 Pieces
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · feeder fishing
€45.90£25.90Not shipped to the United States
Treble Hook Covers, Pack of 150
For : northern pike, zander, walleye
€26.90£12.90Not shipped to the United States

Ready-to-fish kits

Freshwater fishing starter kit

Soft Paddle-Tail Shads 8 cm, Pack of 30
For : european perch, zander, walleye · soft plastic lure fishing
€25.90£12.90Not shipped to the United States
Rigging Accessory Assortment, 184 Pieces
For : roach, common bream, common carp · float fishing (waggler and stick float)
€27.90£13.90Not shipped to the United States
Inline Spinners, Pack of 6
For : brown trout, rainbow trout, european perch · spoon and spinner fishing
€27.90£14.90Not shipped to the United States
Responsible gear
Folding Triangle Landing Net, Aluminium
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · float fishing (waggler and stick float)
€37.90£18.90Not shipped to the United States
101-Piece Lure and Tackle Box
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · spoon and spinner fishing
€41.90£23.90Not shipped to the United States

Total price (sum of the products) : €161.50£84.50Not shipped to the United States

Pike kit

Treble Hook Covers, Pack of 150
For : northern pike, zander, walleye
€26.90£12.90Not shipped to the United States
Jointed 4-Section Lure 12.5 cm, Sinking
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€28.90£15.90Not shipped to the United States
Responsible gear
Predator Unhooking Kit: Gloves + Jaw Spreader
For : northern pike, zander, walleye
€30.90£15.90Not shipped to the United States
Responsible gear
Backlit Digital Hanging Scale 50 kg
For : common carp, wels catfish, northern pike
€32.90£28.90Not shipped to the United States
Propeller Surface Lures 9 cm, Pack of 5
For : northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€34.90£19.90Not shipped to the United States

Total price (sum of the products) : €154.50£93.50Not shipped to the United States

Perch and zander kit

Soft Paddle-Tail Shads 8 cm, Pack of 30
For : european perch, zander, walleye · soft plastic lure fishing
€25.90£12.90Not shipped to the United States
Laser-Finish VIB Lures 8 cm, Pack of 5
For : european perch, zander, walleye · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€25.90£12.90Not shipped to the United States
Small Floating Tail-Spinner Lures 6 cm, Pack of 5
For : largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, european perch · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€36.90£22.90Not shipped to the United States
132-Piece Lure and Tackle Box
For : northern pike, zander, walleye · spoon and spinner fishing
€51.90£29.90Not shipped to the United States

Total price (sum of the products) : €140.60£78.60Not shipped to the United States

Trout kit

Responsible gear
Single-Hook Casting Spoons 26 g, Pack of 5
For : brown trout, rainbow trout, european perch · spoon and spinner fishing
€23.90£12.90Not shipped to the United States
Treble Hook Covers, Pack of 150
For : northern pike, zander, walleye
€26.90£12.90Not shipped to the United States
Minnow Crankbaits 8.3 cm, Pack of 5
For : european perch, brown trout, rainbow trout · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€31.90£17.90Not shipped to the United States
Waist-Mounted Lure Box
For : brown trout, rainbow trout, european perch · fly fishing (dry fly and nymph)
€33.90£16.90Not shipped to the United States
Floating Spider Soft Lures, Pack of 6
For : largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, chub · crankbait and hard-lure fishing
€33.90£19.90Not shipped to the United States

Total price (sum of the products) : €150.50£80.50Not shipped to the United States

Carp kit

Small Folding Aluminium Rod Tripods, Pack of 2
For : common carp, common bream, tench · feeder fishing
€26.90£13.90Not shipped to the United States
Rechargeable Motion-Sensor Headlamp
For : common carp, wels catfish, zander · night fishing
€27.90£13.90Not shipped to the United States
Responsible gear
Digital Hanging Scale 50 kg
For : common carp, wels catfish, northern pike
€30.90£16.90Not shipped to the United States

Total price (sum of the products) : €85.70£44.70Not shipped to the United States

Before you go: minimum size by country

France : 50–60 cm (97)

Ain	60 cm
Aisne	50 cm
Allier	60 cm
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	60 cm
Alpes-Maritimes	50 cm
Ardèche	60 cm
Ardennes	60 cm
Ariège	50 cm
Aube	60 cm
Aude	60 cm
Aveyron	50 cm
Bas-Rhin	60 cm
Bouches-du-Rhône	60 cm
Calvados	60 cm
Cantal	60 cm
Charente	60 cm
Charente-Maritime	60 cm
Cher	60 cm
Corrèze	60 cm
Corse-du-Sud	50 cm
Côte-d'Or	60 cm
Côtes-d'Armor	60 cm
Creuse	60 cm
Deux-Sèvres	60 cm
Dordogne	60 cm
Doubs	60 cm
Drôme	60 cm
Essonne	60 cm
Eure	60 cm
Eure-et-Loir	60 cm
Finistère	60 cm
France	50 cm
Gard	60 cm
Gers	60 cm
Gironde	60 cm
Haut-Rhin	60 cm
Haute-Corse	50 cm
Haute-Garonne	50 cm
Haute-Loire	60 cm
Haute-Marne	60 cm
Haute-Saône	60 cm
Haute-Savoie	50 cm
Haute-Vienne	60 cm
Hautes-Alpes	60 cm
Hautes-Pyrénées	60 cm
Hauts-de-Seine	60 cm
Hérault	60 cm
Ille-et-Vilaine	60 cm
Indre	60 cm
Indre-et-Loire	60 cm
Isère	60 cm
Jura	60 cm
Landes	60 cm
Loir-et-Cher	60 cm
Loire	60 cm
Loire-Atlantique	60 cm
Loiret	60 cm
Lot	60 cm
Lot-et-Garonne	60 cm
Lozère	60 cm
Maine-et-Loire	60 cm
Manche	60 cm
Marne	60 cm
Mayenne	60 cm
Meurthe-et-Moselle	60 cm
Meuse	60 cm
Morbihan	60 cm
Moselle	50 cm
Nièvre	60 cm
Nord	60 cm
Oise	60 cm
Orne	60 cm
Paris	60 cm
Pas-de-Calais	60 cm
Puy-de-Dôme	60 cm
Pyrénées-Atlantiques	60 cm
Pyrénées-Orientales	60 cm
Rhône	50 cm
Saône-et-Loire	60 cm
Sarthe	60 cm
Savoie	50 cm
Seine-et-Marne	60 cm
Seine-Maritime	60 cm
Seine-Saint-Denis	60 cm
Somme	60 cm
Tarn	60 cm
Tarn-et-Garonne	60 cm
Territoire de Belfort	60 cm
Val-d'Oise	60 cm
Val-de-Marne	60 cm
Var	50 cm
Vaucluse	60 cm
Vendée	60 cm
Vienne	60 cm
Vosges	60 cm
Yonne	60 cm
Yvelines	50 cm

Belgium : 60 cm (1)

Région wallonne / Wallonie

60 cm

Luxembourg : 50 cm (2)

Grand-Duché de Luxembourg — eaux intérieures	50 cm
Grenzgewässer Mosel, Sauer und Our / eaux frontalières	50 cm

Germany : 40–60 cm (16)

Baden-Württemberg	50 cm
Bayern	50 cm
Berlin	45 cm
Brandenburg	45 cm
Freie Hansestadt Bremen	60 cm
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg	45 cm
Hessen	50 cm
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	45 cm
Niedersachsen	40 cm
Nordrhein-Westfalen	45 cm
Rheinland-Pfalz	50 cm
Saarland	50 cm
Sachsen	50 cm
Sachsen-Anhalt	50 cm
Schleswig-Holstein	45 cm
Thüringen	50 cm

Austria : 40–60 cm (9)

Burgenland	50 cm
Kärnten	55 cm
Niederösterreich	50 cm
Oberösterreich	60 cm
Salzburg	50 cm
Steiermark	40 cm
Tirol	50 cm
Vorarlberg	40 cm
Wien	55 cm

Netherlands : 45 cm (1)

Nederland

45 cm

Italy : 30–100 cm (13)

Abruzzo	70 cm
Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol / Provincia autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige	40 cm
Lazio	30 cm
Molise	60 cm
Provincia autonoma di Trento	60 cm
Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia – Ente Tutela Patrimonio Ittico (ETPI)	100 cm
Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta / Région autonome Vallée d'Aoste	30 cm
Regione Emilia-Romagna	70 cm
Regione Liguria	60 cm
Regione Lombardia	40 cm
Regione Piemonte	60 cm
Toscana	60 cm
Umbria	60 cm

Slovenia : 50 cm (1)

Slovenija — sladkovodno ribištvo

50 cm

Switzerland : 45–60 cm (20)

Canton de Fribourg / Kanton Freiburg	60 cm
Canton de Vaud	45 cm
Canton du Valais / Kanton Wallis	60 cm
Glarus	45 cm
Kanton Aargau	50 cm
Kanton Basel-Landschaft	50 cm
Kanton Basel-Stadt	50 cm
Kanton Bern / Canton de Berne	45 cm
Kanton Solothurn	45 cm
Nidwalden	50 cm
Repubblica e Cantone Ticino	45 cm
République et canton de Genève	45 cm
République et Canton de Neuchâtel	60 cm
Schaffhausen	45 cm
Schwyz	50 cm
St. Gallen	50 cm
Thurgau	50 cm
Uri	50 cm
Zug	50 cm
Zürich	45 cm

United States : 45.7–76.2 cm (16)

Connecticut	66 cm
Illinois	61 cm
Indiana	61 cm
Kansas	76.2 cm
Maryland	76.2 cm
Massachusetts	71.1 cm
Michigan	61 cm
Minnesota	61 cm
New Hampshire	71.1 cm
New Jersey	61 cm
New York	45.7 cm
Pennsylvania	61 cm
Rhode Island	61 cm
Vermont	50.8 cm
West Virginia	76.2 cm
Wisconsin	66 cm

Canada : 63 cm (1)

Alberta

63 cm