HOW DO YOU CATCH PIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

i need a way to catch pike that works! I fish in the paic river in nj. I have tried lures, no pike. i tried dead bait,no pike. i tried live bait, no pike, yesterday my neibors grandson caught a pike off a worm so i tried a worm and caught two tiny catfish!!!! so i ask you fellow anglers, how do you catch pike.