NJfishinGuy Posted December 6, 2006 Posted December 6, 2006 i went out 2 weekends ago and couldn't find the bass anywhere but i did hook up with this big and new pb pick on a white bleedingbait spinner bait. he slammed it with one of those big sideswipe splashing hits like big musky and pike do. awesome to see it, he fought like all hell. anyway it was 24" long and weighed 4lbs on my spring, forgot the digital. Quote
Super User SPEEDBEAD. Posted December 6, 2006 Super User Posted December 6, 2006 Toothy critters are great, right? So much fun. You cant really argue with any fish that will bite right now... Wayne Quote
Cigarlover 1 Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Nice Pick. I love catching those things. You can almost always count on those to hit. I like to troll until I get to my spots at my local lake, almost always get a pickeral hit. Even the small ones are fun. Quote
Guest avid Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 I used to have lots of fun with pickeral when I lived in NY. By the way they are delicous. The meat is white and sweet. Just be careful of the little bones. Oh my God, I just realized I'm a straight man for the mudster. Quote
BucketmouthAngler13 Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Awsome pick! I havn't seen one that big in a while. My all time PB for pickerel is 25" that i cought with my dad years ago at Colliers Mills, but my PB for this summer was 21". I love catching pickerel. Who ever says they dont fight hard must not have cought and nice sized ones. IMHO a 3lb pick will fight harder than a 3lb bass. I know some good brushpiles in this area that are loaded with pickerel. Its fun to paddle up to them and pull out some toothy critters. Nice late season PB! Matt Quote
WhiteMike1018 Posted December 10, 2006 Posted December 10, 2006 Nice Ryan Nice Nice Nice, thats all i got! Quote
craigaria Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Sweet fish! We call em' jack fish around here. The biggest I have seen boated was a little over 6 pounds that my friend caught at lake varner about 7 years ago. My friend Chad caught this one at lake walton last spring. We didn't weigh it, but I figure it may have gone close to 5 lbs. It had a big ol' blugill stuck in its throat when it hit his spinnerbait. Quote
craigaria Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Here is the blugill in the throat... You can just make out the tail... Quote
craigaria Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Here is the bluegill out of the throat... Quote
The Duke Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Out of curiosity, what was the point of breaking the pike's jaw & teeth with the pliers and taking his dinner out of his throat (which certainly caused more internal damage)? I hope he lived to get another bluegill... Quote
NJfishinGuy Posted December 11, 2006 Author Posted December 11, 2006 yeah i gotto agree i dont like teeth eitherbut id never grabb and hold up a fish with pliers especially one 5lbs. Quote
craigaria Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 He gutted it on the boat and ate it later... So unfortunately this pikeral never got to eat another blugill... Quote
Tom Bass Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Yeah, but he had a nice meal and didn't release a wounded fish. Quote
Super User SPEEDBEAD. Posted December 11, 2006 Super User Posted December 11, 2006 haha, I gotta agree....if the fish is already dead, not cruel to hold it with the pliers for the sake of a pic. Quote
pickerelpiney Posted December 12, 2006 Posted December 12, 2006 thats some pickeral. nice catch. definitly a fun catch at that size. Quote
BadKarma42 Posted December 20, 2006 Posted December 20, 2006 The picks are always a nice change Quote
bassnleo Posted December 21, 2006 Posted December 21, 2006 Maybe a silly question, is a Pickeral the same as a Northern Pike? They kind of look similar. Quote
NJfishinGuy Posted December 22, 2006 Author Posted December 22, 2006 they are basically the same just more of them and they are smaller Quote
Guest Texas_Bass_Pro Posted December 25, 2006 Posted December 25, 2006 Nice picture. I don't perfer to catch them but if that is all that is bitting then bring them on. Quote
BadKarma42 Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 Nice fish, they are always fun to get into. Quote
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