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A New Fishing Spot: 15 Pounds of Pike and 234 Mosquito Bites

Big hogs in low water, an unforgettable fishing trip in the Northwest Territories—for all the wrong reasons.

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Northern Pike caught at the base of falls of River Lake, NT · Photo: LP
Northern Pike caught at the base of falls of River Lake, NTPhoto: LP

“We need a new fishing spot,” I said to my buddy LP.

For years, LP and I had been fishing the same lake outside Yellowknife. We had an old duck-hunting boat stashed in the bush, complete with a trusty 5-horsepower Coleman outboard. It wasn’t much, but it floated, and the motor usually started. What more could two fishermen ask for?

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