Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights ...

Jose Sandoval caught a big northern pike . . . while perch fishing at Navy Pier to earn Fish of the Week honors.

His quarry: Big northern pike — and the occasional bonus muskie. "I don't deer hunt, so one of my favorite times to pike fish is deer season," said Young, who lives on a small lake north of Bemidji.