Chain pickerel
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Chesapeake is chock full of rockfish, bluefish...Mann's Sting Ray grub in avocado color. Before that, Andrzejewski, casting and retrieving a Rattlin' ThinFin lure, showed that the chain pickerel are making a comeback in the feeder creek and elsewhere. He nailed a feisty... In this article: Bluefish, Potomac River, Lake Anna, and Chain pickerel |
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Wikipedia | October 15, 2009
Chain pickerel
The chain pickerel, Esox niger (syn. Esox reticulatus), is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes. It is also known as the federation pike or federation pickerel. Its range is along the eastern...
In this article: Northern pike, Florida, Texas, Canada, and United States
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Virginia Pilot | September 05, 2009
Lake Whitehurst to shut down to fishing
...location gives it a different feel than other lakes in Virginia. Whitehurst has healthy populations of largemouth bass, crappie, chain pickerel, bluegill and perch. But it's a population of walleye - a fish known more up north and in...
In this article: Norfolk International Airport
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Baltimore Sun | August 22, 2009
His record's gone, but fish story keeps growing
...(Lillian Morris, 23 pounds, 8 ounces, Oct. 30, 1974). The oldest Maryland record of any kind is a Chesapeake Bay mark: a 6-pound, 8-ounce chain pickerel caught in the Susquehanna River on May 19, 1965, by James Grant. The freshwater...
In this article: Maryland, Bluefish, Striped bass, and Smallmouth bass
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Cassidy Lake (New Brunswick)
...around the lake. There are many types of birds, including Bald Eagles, Loons, Cormorants and King Fishers, several beaver dams, and mainly Chain Pickerel, Splake, and Sunfish, there are also Wide Mouth Bass, and Speckled Trout. Although small...
In this article: Cassidy Lake, New Brunswick, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, and Bald Eagle
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 15, 2009
Pike family portrait
...of the underside of the jaw. Muskies have six to nine pores on each side. Three types of pickerel live in Pennsylvania waters. The chain pickerel, the member of the pike family most frequently caught by anglers, has a dark,...
In this article: Northern pike, Muskellunge, and Pennsylvania
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Winnecunnet Pond
...operation in 1955. The pond was last surveyed in July 1978. In a 1978 survey, nine species of fish were found: largemouth bass, chain pickerel, yellow perch, bluegill, pumpkinseed, white perch, brown bullhead, golden shiner and white sucker.
In this article: Winnecunnet Pond, Northern pike, Barred Owl, Mill River, Massachusetts, Yellow perch, and White perch
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Fishing Report: 7/17/09
...days, although flow remained low for kayakers and canoeists. Glendale Lake (Cambria County): Boaters were catching northern pike and chain pickerel during mornings. Wilmore Dam, Hinckston Run Reservoir (Cambria County): A good bass...
In this article: Walleye, Smallmouth bass, Northern pike, Crappie, Allegheny River, Cambria County, and Fayette County
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Delaware News-Journal | July 08, 2009
Fishing report
...Foley at Captain Bones Bait and Tackle also had reports of good crappie. But the nicest fish checked in at the shop was a 4.56-pound chain pickerel caught on a minnow in Moores Lake by Stephen Woodman. Add your comment (max {maxchars}...
In this article: Striped bass, Delaware River, Lewes, Delaware, and Delaware
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InRich Sports | October 16, 2008
FISHING REPORT - Sports - inRich.com
...Elliott from the Little Creek Reservoir Park reports anglers fishing for largemouth bass have been catching fish in the 15-inch range. Chain pickerel are being caught on minnows, crank baits and plastic worms. Yellow perch are hitting small...
In this article: Richmond, Bluefish, Yellow perch, and Striped bass
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www.washingtonpost.com | March 11, 2006
Old Man Creek Brings Out the Boys
...turned 60 and I just turned 61. Wednesday found us idling a skiff at a stately pace up aptly named Old Man Creek off the Magothy River, hunting chain pickerel. There were four in the boat, Chuck Thompson and Harold Firestone representing the...
In this article: Chuck Thompson, Maryland, Sandwich, and Yellow perch
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The chain pickerel, Esox niger (syn. Esox reticulatus), is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes. It is also known as the federation pike or federation pickerel. Its range is along the eastern coast of North America from southern Canada to Florida, and west to Texas.
The chain pickerel has a distinctive chainlike pattern on its sides and its body resembles that of the northern pike. It reaches 24 inches in length with a weight of 3-5 pounds, although the average size for chain pickerel is 20" and 3 pounds. The U.S. record is over nine pounds.
The chain pickerel feeds primarily on smaller fish which it ambushes from cover with rapid lunges and secures with its sharp teeth.
It is a popular sport fish. It is an energetic fighter on the line. Anglers after pickerel have success with live minnows, spinnerbaits, spoon lures, and other lures. Practically every bass lure can be effective for pickerel, although they seem to be particularly susceptible to flashy lures, which imitate small prey fish. Dragging a plastic worm, lizard, frog, and other soft plastics can also be extremely effective.
In ponds and smaller lakes however, some anglers see pickerel as a threat to trout populations and trout restocking efforts. It is sometimes considered an easy-to-bag "trash fish", and not particularly tasty.
A commonly used nickname in the southeast for this fish is the Southern Pike.
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