How to Spear Northern Pike

This past year, I have had the opportunity to take up fly fishing and  I have enjoyed it immensely. Now, I want to endeavor on a new style of fishing, spearing. I know its the end of the fishing season for pike and walleye and the ice is starting to melt, but I figured that a how to article on spearing would be kind of neat. If anyone has input or comments, please feel free to leave them.

Although I have yet to try spearing, I've gathered this much on the topic:

1. Park a closed shanty (darkhouse) out on the ice, in roughly 6 - 10 ft of water. Look for a weedy bottom since this is good cover for pike.
2. Acquire a proper fishing spear and tie at least 15 ft of line to the end. 
3. Acquire a few large suckers and a large wooden, fish decoy.
4. Using a line and hook, lower a sucker down into the water and let swim freely. This will help to bring in pike.
5. Using your preferred decoy, lower it down into the water on a separate string, keeping a hold of it in one hand.
6. Swirl it around in the hole to help draw in pike.
7. When a pike does come in that is legal in size, carefully lower the spear into water above the base of the pikes head. Push the spear down hard into the water. 
8. Slowly pull the pike up and remove from spear. 

Here is a really awesome story out of the NY Times about spearing in the Upper Peninsula. Click Here