First chain pickerel - species we love to hate

[new2BC4bass]

On 5/22/2018 at 12:27 AM, Burros said:

I wonder how they taste

 

On 5/23/2018 at 11:25 AM, Mumbly said:

I have a friend who has tried a few and he claims they taste great. Filleting them correctly to remove the Y bones is the trick from my understanding. I have seen video's of it being done but I haven't tried it.

 

They taste fine.  Very white meat that doesn't taste all that "fishy".  My father would never keep one below 20 inches because of the Y-bones.

[J Francho]

On 7/27/2018 at 4:32 PM, Ralph Nicholas Vito said:

extremely ... bass left on their own will out duel pickerel ... way more aggressive

Nope.  Pickerel will easily overrun a small lake.  In that case, the only solution is remove the pickerel.

[Ralph Nicholas Vito]

1 hour ago, J Francho said:

Nope.  Pickerel will easily overrun a small lake.  In that case, the only solution is remove the pickerel.

i mean i guess but how do you explain my pond going from almost all pickerel and me rarely catching a bass to bass eventually becoming the main fish in the pond ? (still some pickerel but bass are everywhere now and i hardly ever catch a pickerel they are rare) not being combative i just want to know like how that happens. Like i have said in other threads tackle shop owners up here that i believe no longer work and are retired told me that large mouth are more aggressive obviously they probably aren't the experts they think they are but it just seems like they were right with how fast my pond changed from pickerel to bass ? i don't know much so i'm trying to learn as much as i can from this site also it's really not my pond or anyones it's just a random pond that i fish so i call it mine lol no ownership really

[J Francho]

Perhaps because your pond is more favorable to bass than picks, not that bass are more aggressive than pickerel.