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The massive, 120-mile Lake Champlain holds landlocked salmon, lake trout, northern pike, yellow perch, white perch, walleye, and crappie, while surrounding smaller lakes hold various combinations of fish.—Robert Annis, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026 According to the FishingBooker list, people who ice fish on the frozen Green Bay can catch whitefish, walleye and northern pike.—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 4 Feb. 2026 On the first Saturday of February, the Northern Challenge Ice Fishing Derby has winter anglers compete in the northern pike contest on Simon Pond.—Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026 Rumor had it that Chickenbone Lake crawled with northern pike and big walleyes.—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for northern pike