Nancy Black northern pike (click on the image to see the complete photo)

Nancy Black pike.jpg — Nancy Black of Grand Forks released this northern pike she says measured 53 inches while fishing with her husband, Craig, on Lake of the Woods near Springsteel north of Warroad, Minn. She was trolling a Rapala Tail Dancer in 15 feet of water when the big pike hit. "I couldnt' have brought it into the boat without my husband," Nancy says. "He netted it. Otherwise, I would still be trying." Black says she's planning to get a replica mount made of the trophy fish.

By Brad Dokken

July 24, 2018 03:24 PM

Nancy Black of Grand Forks released this northern pike she says measured 53 inches while fishing with her husband, Craig, on Lake of the Woods near Springsteel north of Warroad, Minn. She was trolling a Rapala Tail Dancer in 15 feet of water when the big pike hit. "I couldnt' have brought it into the boat without my husband," Nancy says. "He netted it. Otherwise, I would still be trying." Black says she's planning to get a replica mount made of the trophy fish.

Related Topics: FISHING LAKE OF THE WOODS

By Brad Dokken

Brad Dokken joined the Herald company in November 1985 as a copy editor for Agweek magazine and has been the Grand Forks Herald's outdoors editor since 1998.

Besides his role as an outdoors writer, Dokken has an extensive background in northwest Minnesota and Canadian border issues and provides occasional coverage on those topics.

Reach him at bdokken@gfherald.com, by phone at (701) 780-1148 or on Twitter at @gfhoutdoor.

Nancy Black northern pike (click on the image to see the complete photo)

Nancy Black of Grand Forks released this northern pike she says measured 53 inches while fishing with her husband, Craig, on Lake of the Woods near Springsteel north of Warroad, Minn. She was trolling a Rapala Tail Dancer in 15 feet of water when...