Super User Catch and Grease Posted June 20, 2014 Super User Posted June 20, 2014 Hey guys I'm curious about what the size of your average jack is in your area... Around here in south georiga they are on the bigger side the average one I catch out if my local lake is probably 2-3 lbs but I have caught bigger and seen people catch much bigger... I believe the record was caught not to far away in homerville and it was like 9lb something ounces... I love targeting them but I've heard in other places chain pickerel can be small and a annoying little fish... Quote
Super User Jar11591 Posted June 20, 2014 Super User Posted June 20, 2014 90% of the pickerel around here are about a pound at most...12-18". But every year we catch some big ones. 22"+ 1 Quote
HeavyFisher Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 I caught this big guy in NY, no idea of the weight though. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/126328-estimate-my-bass-weight/ 1 Quote
Super User Catch and Grease Posted June 21, 2014 Author Super User Posted June 21, 2014 I caught this big guy in NY, no idea of the weight though. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/126328-estimate-my-bass-weight/ Now that is a grown jack. I don't think I've caught any quite that big but I know they are here.... 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 22, 2014 Global Moderator Posted June 22, 2014 None in Kansas. 1 lake with a fishable population of pike, no muskie. Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted June 23, 2014 Super User Posted June 23, 2014 We get big ones around here. When I just want numbers, I'll catch a bunch of 14"-26" fish. During peak times I target the bigger fish, and then I'm looking for 4-6 lb fish nearing 30". Every year I catch a handful of gators that go 7-9 lbs, but they are few and far in between. MD, DE, and NJ are great places to catch them. Quote
Mike2841 Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 The majority that I catch here in mass are fairly small, around 1lb and 18" or less, although it's not uncommon to hook into a bigger one. Quote
Kevin22 Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 We get big ones around here. When I just want numbers, I'll catch a bunch of 14"-26" fish. During peak times I target the bigger fish, and then I'm looking for 4-6 lb fish nearing 30". Every year I catch a handful of gators that go 7-9 lbs, but they are few and far in between. MD, DE, and NJ are great places to catch them. DSCN1154.JPG You should contact your local DNR, Maryland state record is only 6.5lbs. If you are catching 7-9# then you are catching state records. 7# 3oz for Delaware. Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted June 28, 2014 Super User Posted June 28, 2014 You should contact your local DNR, Maryland state record is only 6.5lbs. If you are catching 7-9# then you are catching state records. 7# 3oz for Delaware. Nah, I don't do none of that. I once told a famous angler with a knot named after him (we used to be good fishing buddies) "There are 2 kinds of really good fishermen out there, the kind who want to be famous, and the kind who just want to catch fish". MD doesn't give up as many big fish as NJ, but the largest 2 I've caught have been from there. I'll take a picture and post it here of the next gator I catch, but it probably won't be for a while, I'm going on an African vacation courtesy of the Navy for a year. Large ones in the warm months usually mean live bait deep, and its not fast and furious. Quote
Shanes7614 Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 Grew up in north NJ and have caught several over 6lbs. They are everywhere in NJ. Biggest was as a kid and caught one 8 lbs. 1 Quote
Super User Master Bait'r Posted July 11, 2014 Super User Posted July 11, 2014 This is a pretty good one from a MA pond near my house. No idea the weight. Quote
Super User iabass8 Posted July 11, 2014 Super User Posted July 11, 2014 We don't have those baby fish. We have Pike. Bigger, probably not as annoying but still.., and show up in the most nonsensical places. Quote
Nelson Wormefeller Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 I caught this guy this afternoon in N.J. I didn't get any measurements because it took me a while to get the treble hook out of it's mouth. I wanted to get it back in the water before it bit my nose off. 1 Quote
FirstnameLastname Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 Master Bait'r where did you catch that? I got my own secret pickeral spot. Quote
guitarglynn1 Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 Hey guys I'm curious about what the size of your average jack is in your area... Around here in south georiga they are on the bigger side the average one I catch out if my local lake is probably 2-3 lbs but I have caught bigger and seen people catch much bigger... I believe the record was caught not to far away in homerville and it was like 9lb something ounces... I love targeting them but I've heard in other places chain pickerel can be small and a annoying little fish... That is roughly the average at some spots I go to but depends where I go. Down in south jersey my grandma lives right off a lake that is loaded with pickerel but 1-2lbs is probably the average there. At another place I fish they average 2lb and up and I have seen some big boys pulled out of there. I pulled one out today. Quote
guitarglynn1 Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 Grew up in north NJ and have caught several over 6lbs. They are everywhere in NJ. Biggest was as a kid and caught one 8 lbs. Great pickerel fishing in NJ Quote
Super User flyfisher Posted October 21, 2014 Super User Posted October 21, 2014 Here in the lakes i fish in Virginia I seem to catch a slew of them in the 12-18" range. There are a few places that i know hold even bigger ones and the largest one i caught measured 26", no idea on the weight though. Quote
DFrench97 Posted October 25, 2014 Posted October 25, 2014 There was a 20lber caught in my lake I saw in the local paper. Average is only 3lbs though but I don't target them but there has to be some monsters! Quote
Super User Darren. Posted October 25, 2014 Super User Posted October 25, 2014 Here in VA a citation chain pick is 4 pounds or 24". I've actually caught at least 5 over that citation mark, but never filed for the "award". Believe the longest I caught was 26-28", several were well over the 4 pound mark. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted October 27, 2014 Global Moderator Posted October 27, 2014 There was a 20lber caught in my lake I saw in the local paper. Average is only 3lbs though but I don't target them but there has to be some monsters! Probably should have submitted that fish, doubled the world record that has stood for over 50 years! 1 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted October 30, 2014 Super User Posted October 30, 2014 Probably should have submitted that fish, doubled the world record that has stood for over 50 years! He is from Canada and they call walleye pickerel. Quote
Super User Catch and Grease Posted October 30, 2014 Author Super User Posted October 30, 2014 That would make sense ^^ haha I'd have to see a 20lb chain pickerel to believe it... That would be a monster Quote
desmobob Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 A pickerel/pike/muskie is the kind of fish you really need to weigh. They are so long that, 1) You would guess they are heavier than they really are and, 2) A little difference in girth makes for a larger difference in weight than you might expect. I bought a digital scale this summer and weighed a lot of bass. I got pretty good at guestimating their weight. I also got pretty disappointed a few times when the pickerel and pike I weighed were considerably lighter than my estimates. I think it's much harder to make an accurate guess of their weight (at least until I weigh a whole lot more of them). Anyway, the pickerel here in upstate NY are pretty healthy. I've weighed a few that were in the 4 lb. range. That doesn't sound like much, but that's a decent size pickerel, really. They are good fighters and I'm never unhappy to hook one on a spinnerbait. It's when I'm fishing crank baits or smaller lures that they make me mutter and curse.... Tight lines, Bob 1 Quote
guitarglynn1 Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 very nice sized pickerel right there! Bet that bad boy put up a nice fight Quote
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