The following article from the Quad City Times says it best:

Mystery Country is the place to go for giant northern pike. Just ask any of the six Bettendorf fishermen who all recently caught pike at least 41 inches long. Randy Scott, Paul Castro, Rich McMurry, Ron Schorg, Terry Paustian and TJ Paustian fished this summer in Dafoe Lake near Thompson, Manitoba, Canada, which is about a 22 hour drive from Bettendorf.  Its a 1,300 mile treck...

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We wanted to let you know how much our group enjoyed fishing on Dafoe Lake during the week of July 9-16th. The fishing itself was excellent. I don't think we ever caught as many fish on one trip as we did on Dafoe. There were plenty of both pike and walleye. The largest pike we caught was 42 inches. We also caught two that were 41 inches and several in the high 30's. One of our group lost a pike that appeared to be close to 50 inches. The walleye were primarily in the 18-21 inch range although we caught a couple at 22 inches and the largest...

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