Northern Pike Fishing in the Yukon Territory - The BEST Fish To Eat!!

We went fishing for Northern pike at Little Atlin Lake in the Yukon Territory Canada and cooked them over a campfire with our friend Dennis and his family.
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My name is Kitty Kanhoffen, I am a teacher as well as an outdoor enthusiast. My passion for the outdoors first started when I was introduced to fishing through my husband Daniel in 2012 and it expanded quickly when I began co-hosting on Fishing with Rod. The curiosity did not kill this Kitty, but has only furthered my passion beyond fishing, which now includes foraging and hiking in British Columbia, Canada.
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[@tomsrandomness]

no clue why you dont have a million subs... Great videos amazing content

[@KittyKanhoffen]

We are getting there... Sllloooowly lol. Putting out material regularly can be a little tricky when you're also teaching and your filming buddy lives on the mainland. Thanks for the encouragement though Tom. As Dory would say... "Just keep swimming!!" 🐟🐟

[@HuyFishin]

Fantastic video! absolutely appreciate the quality audio and video.

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Thank you Huy sooo much, :) Sorry I would type more, but Tippet is begging me for cuddles and typing with one hand ain't easy. 🤣 The little cuddle suck lol.

[@hdavies0]

If you every head that way again, drive another hour down that same road back into BC and visit Atlin. It's a magical place. Fishing is good and the west end of Atlin Lake with the Llewellyn glacier in view is amazing.

[@billnurse5321]

Looks fun thanks for the great video

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Thanks for watching!

[@LolaC]

Fishing is amazing. The fish so beautiful.. The cooking so great. I like camping..

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Hi Lola, it sounds like the Yukon is the place for you!!

[@HelloEllie2023]

Thank you everyone and thank you Rod for filming this video!

[@KittyKanhoffen]

🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@DevoWray]

Awesome adventure ...good food and fishing. Can’t get better than that. Thanks.

[@KittyKanhoffen]

They shared the fish with us and Rod brought up some of Chilliwack's finest Joiner's corn. I doesn't get better than that!

[@bneaclab1]

Cool how Rod and yourself are able to have your own channels and do the trips together.

[@KittyKanhoffen]

It isn't easy at times, but we try!

[@bneaclab1]

@@KittyKanhoffen BTW...yes you really should get a hunting license. Wild mushrooms with blue or ruffed grouse is a delight.

[@minkos61]

Just had the opportunity to watch the vid and man I tell you your guy's content and videographer is just getting better and better . Thanks for sharing Kitty and Rod it was awesome 👍🎣😎

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Thanks Minko!!! I am so excited to show you our next episode... I know this is a HIKE FORAGE FISH CHAN... But how would you feel about watching some gold panning?????????????? Next week! 🤞🤞🤞

[@minkos61]

@@KittyKanhoffen well of coarse I would love it 😁

[@MOTOMINING]

Your vids are incredible! I rode my motorbike solo to the Yukon and NWT in 2013, and my FIRST CAST I caught a 2 lb pike on the Yukon River! There was a bad thunderstorm coming, so I decided to let it go rather than trying to cook during a monsoon. I gotta get back up there! Wish I was into GOLD when I went!

[@stevena.9678]

I would love to go fishing in the Yukon it looks amazing. Thanks for the trip the fish look amazing also. Uncooked and cooked lol.

[@KittyKanhoffen]

I don't know which way I like them, cooked or uncooked! :P

[@patrotchford5542]

Would have liked to see more of the lures you were using. Nice fish tho. Can't wait for the lake trout video.

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Thanks for the feedback Pat, I'll be sure to get some shots of the gear for our next episode. :)

[@Scott-jj5on]

@@FishingwithRod was it the one with the orange stripe.....those brass Crocs are deadly. Secret is to real it in fast, I mean fast.Cheers!

[@Notellemkrik1776]

You are killing me, that looks so so yummy.

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Kirk, it looks so yummy because it is so yummy!

[@Notellemkrik1776]

I believe you. I make the best smoked fish. So much that the last 30 yrs it has become a norm thing to do and share with family and friends.

[@knallertk8062]

0:53 I briefly thought it was a black parrot sitting on his shoulder

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Now that is too funny!!!!!

[@wayne-oo]

It's good to see you fishing from a great Minnesota made Lund boat and not one of those Canadian knock-offs ! The best lure for pike is the Dare Devil 5 of Diamonds !!!!

[@KittyKanhoffen]

I'm pickin' up what you're putting down, but unfortunately there was no 5 of diamonds in this deck during our trip. Next time I'll bring it along. Thanks Wayne for the input!

[@wayne-oo]

Kitty Kanhoffen A white Mr Twister added to any weed less spoon is also a great combo....

[@Freedeeism]

You fish with so small lures?! In Sweden a 13 cm (like 5 inch?) wobbler is a small lure for pike. Even the small ones you chated in this video. My fav lure is the Savage Gear Line Thru Roach, 25cm (10inch)and 216gr(7.6 ounce) and even with that i get 2kg pike. You need to step up if you whant them big ones! 😁🦈

[@gringopines3476]

HAY KITTY THIS IS PAULIE I JUST GOT FINISHED COMENTATING ON YOUR GOLD PANNING WITH PAULY... YA I SAW THAT ADDITION WHEN IT AIRED ON PAULY'S CHANEL... I LOVE HIS STUFF CAUSE HE ALWAYS GETS CANDY... I LIKE YOURS TOO CAUSE YOU ALWAYS GET WHAT YOUR AFTER... IF I MADE VIDS. YOU ALL WOULD FALL ASLEEP CAUSE I DONT GET SQUAT... I REALLY LOVE THESE CATCH COOK AN EAT VIDS!!! YOU EVER SEE ANY JIMMY HUSTON STUFF??? ITS PRETTY COOL CAUSE HES GOT ALL THESE LITTLE DEER RUNNIN AROUND HIS BACK YARD, CHECK IT OUTWELL STAY COOL AN KEEP PUSHIN ON MY GIRL... PEACE

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Heyyyyyy Paul!!! You know what? You should videos just to try it out and see how it goes. Give it some time. Pauly was the one who inspired me to start up my own channel, and convinced me that people would like to see the adventures I go on. You just got to start somewhere, and what's a better time than right MEOW!

[@ebeemer86]

I always release my pike because they are a pain to fillet. You should do a video of Dennis's technique.

[@KittyKanhoffen]

That is the one thing I WISH we did, was a "How to Fillet Northern Pike." Someone else mentioned it and I just sent them over to this video... kzbin.info/www/bejne/anvOcmluoMiYedk ❤

[@gentmcreal3763]

Yep! Whole reason I watched this video is because I wanted to see the west coast style of filleting Pike

[@rubentelles345]

Hey Kitty that was an awesome double hook on the fish and I get what you mean on how the pike taste there great fish to catch and eat thank you for a great video and hope you can land more weeds😂

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Yessss Ruben! Someone who finally agrees with me. I wish their taste could be adequately described!!!

[@ijohnnn]

Love kitty!

[@KittyKanhoffen]

✌😁

[@amysfishingadventuresforki6300]

Looks great

[@dragonflydigs658]

Hi guys, Kitty I saw you prospecting with pioneer Pauly and came to check out your channel! I like it, new sub here! Great catch and cook looked so good! I love all the outdoor stuff too! Thanks for taking us along! Be safe & ATB

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Hey there Dragonfly Digs! Thank you so much and welcome! Our next video I am REEALLLLY excited about and I know you will like it too. We will be releasing "my take" of PPauly's outing, hopefully next week. Stay tuned and stay golden!

[@dragonflydigs658]

Kitty Kanhoffen looking forward to it! 👍🏻

[@rafabonati7757]

I haven’t eaten pike in many years. So long ago that I can’t even remember how it tasted. But two things have changed over the years. I have begun catching pike since moving to the Adirondacks of New York, and I am a much better cook than I was in my 20s. So guess I will have to do a catch and cook of my own with pike now. I’ll let you know how it goes.

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Please do Ralph, catch one and cook it up that evening! You're missing out! We just used one of those simple grab and go crispy batter bags from the local grocery story. That's the beauty of it all, you don't need to be a Master Chef to cook Pike!

[@rafabonati7757]

Fishing with Rod - I agree. Water quality and time of year have a lot to do with fish taste. Recently, I have been able to purchase “wild caught Alaskan Kokanee salmon” fillets that have never been frozen from the local Aldi’s food market. ‘Tis good. And my own wild caught brook trout (not from hatchery) in the Adirondack Mountains have been exceptional. Cold, clean mountain ponds.

[@edboutdoors3632]

That was amazing loved the videos as always I wont lie as much I dont like eating pike that did look tasty i cant wait to show you perch you will know why haha keep up the incredible work Rodney and Kitty

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Thanks so much Ethan for always watchin'. I look forward to a future fishing trip and I can't wait to confirm that Pike are my favourite even after trying Perch. 😘😊😜

[@edboutdoors3632]

@@KittyKanhoffen lol well see about that I cant wait for it

[@HelloEllie2023]

Hahaha it was weed I swear it was weed😂😂 I didn’t know pike actually taste that good, I think someone once told me the bigger pikes don’t taste as good :) such a nice video, thanks Kitty!

[@HelloEllie2023]

Meant to quote the first sentence where I typed “ it was a weed, I swear it was weed” lol Haha I think it was a pike lol 😂

[@KittyKanhoffen]

@@HelloEllie2023 I typically like to harvest younger/smaller fish such as Lake Trout and Halibut, to protect the females/older slow growing fish. I can't tell you how larger Pike taste, because I've only eaten fish within the slot limit 75 cm (30''). I think for Pike it realllly depends where and when you harvest them. Like trout they probably develop a muddy texture/taste when coming out of warm water.

[@ducow3972]

Looks like you were using a really light set up, can you run down the line weight, lure size and rod you were using? Beautiful fish, looks like a blast to catch :) Keep the videos coming!

[@FishingwithRod]

The rod used in the video is a Shimano Clarus CSS66ML2D. It's a 6'6" spinning rod, rated 4 to 10lb. This is a really awesome rod for those light to medium fisheries. It's light enough for trout and smallmouth bass, heavy enough for pike, pink salmon, coho salmon etc. The spinning reel is a Shimano Stradic 2500FL. This is the reel we also use for just about everything... Steelhead, coho, chum salmon, bull trout, rainbow trout in rivers, sometimes bigger trout in lakes, and of course pike in this video. We put 15lb test braided line on there (I use PowerPro), and tie a section (around 6ft) of 15lb Seaguar fluorocarbon to the end, followed by the wire leader for pike fishing. The lure used in this video is a 1/4oz Gibbs Croc spoon. They come in many different colours and patterns, the one we were using is called "Hammered Brass Metallic Perch".

[@rafabonati7757]

Hey Kitty and Rod (and subscribers). Because I lived in Australia for a few years, I began watching videos from Gido. He is based on the south coast of the WA and has some awesome content. You might like it (especially you, Rod, since you also lived in OZ.) As Crocodile Dundee would say, “That’s not fishing, this is fishing!” Here’s a link to check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5_NeWekia51aac Now I want to see Rod and Kitty do some tag team abseiling!

[@bugpumper]

Ok that made me hungry!

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Yesss my plan is working!! MUAHAHA! 😈

[@bugpumper]

@@KittyKanhoffen getting us fat!!

[@KittyKanhoffen]

@@bugpumper I think I put on 5 lbs that night! YOLO!

[@bugpumper]

@@FishingwithRod ha! No threat to your channel!!

[@bugpumper]

@@FishingwithRod well I haven't pumped bugs alot lately!! So.. what the heck!

[@chrisgray8404]

Your welcome and thank you for the awesome content.

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Anytime, it is nice to know it is appreciated! ❤🐟🌽

[@chrisgray8404]

@@KittyKanhoffen your welcome.

[@skylazart]

Loved it!!! 🎣

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Thank you Felipe!

[@ChipDarby13]

What an awesome video! That looked like so much fun fishing for those delicious pike! I’m feeling dissatisfied with all the rainbow trout I catch now😝

[@KittyKanhoffen]

If I lived up there that is the only fish I'd target. I wisssssshhh with all my heart that you could buy it locally here in the Fraser Valley!

[@scottbonsignore1184]

19 hours looking forward to a new episode

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Thanks Scott!

[@scottbonsignore1184]

@@KittyKanhoffen Your welcome Angling/Educator extraordinaire!

[@KittyKanhoffen]

@@scottbonsignore1184 Aweeh you're too kind! I still have a long ways to go before being extraordinary. 😜

[@skylazart]

Watching againnnnn. Don’t tell KZbin btw lol 😂🎣

[@KittyKanhoffen]

I won't tell... 🤫🤫🤫🤫

[@dazad400]

Wow looks amazing, I must try it one day. Looks better than your cakes 🧁 😂

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Hardy har har har... 😒... 😘😆 I am so determined to make a perfect Lava Cake now! Just wait and see!

[@dazad400]

Kitty Kanhoffen I have faith in you 😊👍🏻 do you need me to send a recipe? I know a man 😂😂😉

[@KittyKanhoffen]

@@dazad400 Today I am going to attempt to cook them in muffin tins... It was suggested to me by one of PPaul's buddies actually... 1man2pans! If you have someone who could help me, however, send em my way. 👍

[@dazad400]

Kitty Kanhoffen ok I’m on it 👍🏻👍🏻

[@xnorcal831x]

Why not "long line" troll weed beds with spinners for pike. Or even if you use a trolling motor you could possibly drag top water lures around. Idk how effective it would be but it's a diffrent way to fish for them. Maybe even jerkbaits

[@KittyKanhoffen]

The 1/4 ounce Gibbs Croc is what we switched up to after using a bigger lure that kept getting tangled (back at Tagish). I am pretty sure they were fish hitting the entire time. Sometimes I'm a bit dramatic! :P

[@kentberglund5760]

Hii U realy should try jearkbait fishing them instead or flyfish the pike. Super fun;)

[@smittyworld4096]

🍿📺🎣

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Grab the popcorn and sit back!

[@fishotherapyph]

Hey Kitty! Do you need another license if you're from BC and u wanna fish Yukon?

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Hey Glen, you do need a separate license in order to fish up there. If you are a Canadian resident it is $15 for 6 days or $25 bucks for the year. If you are a resident of Yukon it is cheaper.

[@MOTOMINING]

@@KittyKanhoffen Wow it was $9 in 2013. Still cheap, and the rules are lax compared to BC.

[@cuneytkuzu2071]

Hİ FROM TURKEY İSTANBUL..I SEE YOU FROM PİONEER PAULY CHANNEL.. SWEET GİRL AND GOOD CHANNEL 🥀

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Thank you!

[@Notellemkrik1776]

What is your favorite fish to catch, either salt or fresh. ?

[@KittyKanhoffen]

Oooooh good question... If I had to only pick one it would be Steelhead! BUT my favourite fish to harvest is hands down Northern Pike!

[@Notellemkrik1776]

Never fished for pike.

[@KittyKanhoffen]

@@Notellemkrik1776 Do you have any around where you live? Maybe it can be something you look into this fall! 😜

[@Notellemkrik1776]

Kitty Kanhoffen not to sure. I know mayfield lake in mossyrock Wa. Has tiger musky