I have small shallow lake close to the cottage, we portage in there once or twice a year in the Spring!
There is a abundance of Pike in there a whole lot of hammerhandles but a few in the 30's. If you go in June or later hard to get anything. This year when we went, my one buddy throws a Chartuese Mepps # 5 and I a black orange, he contunally catches fish I try a pile of others and nothing works, even others chartuese ones. He out fishes like 25 to 5 on the day??
I now have a few of those in the box!!
Happy fishing