2 3/4 pd pickeral

[joez2872-ct]

well went out  today got a few small bass  nothing worth posting  but decided to try out a new walmart  small spinner blade  and first cast near weeds  i get this nice  pickeral

[joez2872-ct]

one more pic

[joez2872-ct]

last one

[.dsaavedra.]

nice fish, bet that put up a great fight on that ultralight rig.

[Paul Roberts]

Pickeral, on matched tackle, are one of the gamest fish out there; Really worth going after. I miss them.

[njbasser]

I live in a small lake community in northern NJ and our lake used to have a lot of pickerel, but no one has caught one in like 5 years  > there is another lake about 5 minutes away though that has plenty of pickerel, but we don't go much, we just go to our lake and catch 1 lb bass all day  

[Mepps]

Is it possible to locate and target pickerel? What baits besides the typical bass baits would they hit? I've caught one before and it was a much better fight than I ever realized. Thoughts anyone?

Nice big Pickerel there btw!

[Marty]

Is it possible to locate and target pickerel? What baits besides the typical bass baits would they hit? I've caught one before and it was a much better fight than I ever realized. Thoughts anyone?

Most of my pickerel have been caught on weed flats in the Finger Lakes. I couldn't possibly target them on those lakes. On those flats you might catch a pickerel from any spot you'd get a bass and vice versa.

Pickerel will readily take any lure that a bass will. If I had to choose one I'd give a slight edge to spinnerbaits. The last time I was fishing those flats I caught pickerel on a Chatterbait.

I have always though that pickerel fight noticeably better than largemouth of similar size, or actually, some largemouth of larger size as well.

[loomis spookwalker]

I think the Pickerel is an under appreciated fish.  I find them in shallow coves and weedlines near creek inlets almost all year.  they don't seem to leave the coves for most of the year. Just tie on a Husky Jerk and look out.