In minnesota, i have the problem of snaggin more small northern pike somedays when i set out in search of largies....

Of course smaller northerns tend to hang in similar shallow habitat as largemouth bass but it seems that i might be doing something wrong if i keep catching more northern than i do bass.

Last season i even started catching  pike when i was jigging or finessing a plasitc worm!!

any suggestions cause im about to lose it! 

Every summer i take my fishing vacation to MN. I absolutely love it. While there is not much size, there are numbers and most of all, it is beautiful and never crowded. It depends on what lake your fishing. There are some lakes in MN that i have fished that you are lucky to get a bass bite. I don't fish those anymore. One trick i learned in MN, if your using green or chartreuse color on anything, you will hook ten times more northern. While chartreuse is great for bass in other lakes throughout the country, stay away from this color in MN. It just isn't needed. The standard white color works just as well and solves a lot of problems. Green is a bad color when your fishing heavy populated northern. I know the pain. I lose 5-10 lures on 20 lb. fluorocarbon line a day out there. They just snip it like scissors. And like i said, if it's not the color, which i doubt, switch lakes. Too many lakes and not worth it to pound one out with snake infested waters. There is always a better lake near by. 

i say if your not fishing a turny at least you are catching fish

i would think northern pike have a higher tolerance to cold temperatures therefore are a bit more aggresive than LM in the winter

yea thanks shimmy. from the profile pic, i think i saw your mn bass fishing video on the web, when you said your trabel to mn every year for a family vacation... not that im stalking. probably one of the best bass videos out there. Ironic how things like that happen. I saw it even before you commented on this post.