Best lakes to spear a 40+ inch Pike

[Pikekilla]

My goal this year is to stick a 40+ incher. Anyone have any suggestions on what lakes are known to hold a few giants like this?

[Kearly Shuffle]

It's going to be tough to get someone to expose their favorite lake. I've got one, though. ;)

[gunfun13]

I just did a quick seach of master angler awards on the DNR website. Looks like Higgins Lake is top for entries of the last few years, with the majority being speared.

[walleyechaser]

I just did a quick seach of master angler awards on the DNR website. Looks like Higgins Lake is top for entries of the last few years, with the majority being speared.

That's assuming the lakes where the MA Pike were speared were accurately reported.
Fishermen have been known to be very secretive about their Honey Holes.;)

[perchinatorx]

yes there is one in north oakland county caught multi[ple 38 39 inchers last year .....oh yea its private:cwm27:

[TheBigRedDog]

Yep, saw a 40 1/2 incher caught this year allready and a few 38s :corkysm55 still alot of time left wouldnt be suprised if a few more or something bigger comes out.

[swampbuck]

Higgins only sees light spearing pressure. and for people who do spear it a 40" pike while being a very nice fish is my no means huge. 20+ lbs is not uncommon. The biggest I have ever seen was a little over 38 lbs about 15 years ago. If you want a trophy pike this is the place to do it.

[woodie slayer]

saginaw bay has lots of huge pike in close to shore

[D-Fresh]

Hands down, Saginaw Bay. I have seen a ton of 40+" fish come out of there over the years. Including a 46" 30 lber already this year. You have to invest some time due to the size of the bay compared to smaller lakes, but when you find what I like to call "pike alley" you have it made. Check my pics, I have a couple fish from last year on here. Although those fish are not quite 40 inches, 2 of them are pushing 37-38" range.

[bobleetd]

If you're going to spear a 40"+ pike on Higgins you better be able to spend a lot of days on the ice. Last few years pike numbers are way down. If you do see one it will be big. Another problem is they feed on lake herring and smelt most of the time which means suspended over deep water. Don't get me wrong, big pike are speared every winter there. But mostly by guys who've been spearing there forever and spend every day on the ice. If you can't put in the time then you better be really lucky. Oh yeah, one other thing, Higgins hasn't frozen over yet.

[Pikekilla]

Thanks for the info fellas!