Hi Zacher, welcome to FM.
The only time I ever visited Canada is when we sailed up the St. Lawrence Seaway on the aircraft carrier HMS Albion and visited St, John, Halifax and Montreal a few years ago (back in the 70's) and spent a month or two there.
In those days I didn't do much fishing I was more interested in the opposite sex Lol. but I missed some good fishing, I'm sure.
I like the sound of Northern Pike.
The Northern Pike (Esox Lucius) are the same ones that we have over here in the UK John; It's just that we don't have the same number of suitable large waters over here for the really big ones to flourish as well as they do in Canada.
Keith