Hey this is about to sound extremely dumb but I have been fishing the south for 12 years. Recently my uncle in Minnesota asked me to come and work for him for the summer, but since I don't know anyone in Minnesota and my uncle lives out in the middle of nowhere I plan on spending alot of.my time fishing out of his small tin boat on Lake Fawn, well the bass fishing is pretty nice and so far I've caught a few 4 lbers in my 2 days up here, well anyways today I hooked into my first Northern pike, I have maybe only caught one or two northerns before and my I was younger so my uncle took em off for me, I have never delt with a fish like a northern so I have a few questions on removing them. Do they pose a significant risk to biting me? I covered my hand with a rag while holding the fish out of fear it would bite my hand, can the fish lunge out and bite me? Or can it only bite me if i put my hand in its mouth?
Thanks any other tips on Removing or Fishing for Northerns would be awesome.