She's a beauty, and is perfect for the kinds of fishing you'll be doing. You'll be fishing aboard his 24' cuddy cabin. Captain Tom will make sure you're throwing the best lures for the season and water conditions, so you'll have the best possible chance of getting a monster on the line. These closely-related fish are picky eaters, but when they hit, they hit hard! You'll be using classic light tackle techniques to get bites. On this trip, you'll be chasing big ol' Northern Pike and Muskie. The lake averages just 11 feet deep, but boasts a rich freshwater fishery with tons of Bass, Perch, Pike, Muskie, and more! Claire isn't considered one of the five Great Lakes, it's part of the Great Lakes system, connecting Lake Huron to the north with Lake Erie to the south. So while not common, pike have been sampled offshore outside of the harbors.Although Lake St. Santucci checked with biologist Dan Makauskas on offshore surveys and emailed, “Dan said he does remember catching one pike in our spring predator/prey assessment and one in fall trout sampling out by the reefs.
“A pike wondering around outside of the protection of harbors to forage for prey fish (perhaps alewives or gizzard shad) or moving to other habitats (e.g., rivers or other protected areas) does not seem too far out of normal movement patterns for this species.” While primarily ambush predators that favor submersed or emergent aquatic plants and woody structure for cover, pike are known to travel good distances in rivers seasonally, especially when seeking wetlands during the early spring spawning season. “If these were bass anglers I am guessing they were targeting one of the break walls or some other structure that also could hold an occasional pike.
“It does not really surprise me that anglers would catch a northern outside of the harbors,” emailed Vic Santucci, Illinois’ Lake Michigan program manager. All three have caught other surprises-largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, whitefish, perch and catfish-while fishing southern Lake Michigan for salmon and trout.
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