In Pursuit of Prize Pike: Minnesota DNR

In Pursuit of Prize Pike: Minnesota DNR: "At age 57, Lyle Swanson caught the trophy northern pike he had been chasing for most of his life.To do it, he hiked for hours through deep snow, drilled ice holes with a hand auger, and endured two nights of subzero temperatures in a tent.



Following Pike
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"I was getting old. I wanted to catch that 20-pound fish, a 40-incher," Swanson says. After decades of striking out on easier pike waters, Swanson joined a group of younger men, including his son, Shane, on a trek seven miles deep into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. There, Swanson hooked his trophy on Basswood Lake."



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