The biggest Pike are caught ice fishing

You have to fish for trophy pike. This is NOT an action activity!!! Very BIG BAITS and you are more likely to not get any flags. Trophy hunters go weeks without catching fish....this isn't something I do. You are allowed up to 8 lines a person icefishing. Normally, I'll run 6 or 7 tipups and fish a jigging rod. When fishing a known big fish lake, I'll put out a line or 2 with some big bait and run the rest with normal sized bait. I really target action when running guided trips.

VERMONT STATE RECORD NORTHERN PIKE TOP TEN
Top Fish Records - Species Northern Pike
Northern Pike
30 LBS 8 oz ( 30.5 lbs )
Glen Lake
taken on February 19, 1977 by Bernard M. Golob
28 LBS 13.44 oz ( 28.84 lbs )
Glen Lake
taken on March 7, 2009 by Kalem Taft
26 LBS 12.64 oz ( 26.79 lbs )
Norton Pond
taken on February 22, 2004 by Michael Ryan
26 LBS 0 oz ( 26 lbs )
Kellogg Bay, Lake Champlain
taken on March 1, 1970 by Robert E. Bearor
25 LBS 15 oz ( 25.9375 lbs )
Norton Pond
taken on February 23, 1996 by Peter A. Marshall
25 LBS 8.64 oz ( 25.54 lbs )
Glen Lake, Castleton, VT
taken on February 1, 2003 by Joseph F. Bruno
25 LBS 3 oz ( 25.1875 lbs )
Glen Lake
taken on March 10, 2007 by Kyle Blanchard
25 LBS 2 oz ( 25.125 lbs )
Lake Hortonia
taken on February 10, 1970 by Raymond Bishop
24 LBS 15.68 oz ( 24.98 lbs )
Norton Pond
taken on May 23, 1992 by Mark Lewis
24 LBS 14 oz ( 24.875 lbs )
Glen Lake, Fair Haven, VT
taken on March 8, 1974 by Michael W. Ziezulewicz, Jr.