pickerel fishermen

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for those who want to catch more and bigger of this overlooked species
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by Florida Boy

Nov 21, 2010

I tell you what I love catching piks ( or florida muskie to me and my friends) but i cant seem to be able to do it with any consistancy and there aint no one around here that i can find who targets em, any suggestions
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    John Sheehan

    Find the waters where Pickerel are most predominant......here in NE NJ small ponds and lakes are easiest to fish and find the pickerel consistently .LAKES in a boat : I've suceeded with trolled Crankbaits @10-12' in cold months like April and November as well as spoons 20' and up.
    Ponds from shore spring thru fall: Rapalas,Jersey Rigged worms,3" swimbaits , Johnson silver minnow and Sprite spoons. Weeds are the ambush places .Finding the depth and perfect situation takes time
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    Nov 22, 2010

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      Florida Boy

      well so far the only thing that has worked for me is small live shiners im wonderin if the pond im fishin just dosnt have that big a population of em in it, i know it has a healthy population of snappin turtles lol
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      Nov 24, 2010

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        John Sheehan

        Tonight I caught a 15" Pickerel on a brown floating worm fished fast over weeds and rocks ,the same area by a boat ramp had brown snakes swimming around after dark .Saw the snakes in the headlamp wading back to the ramp/parking lot after dark, I catch Pickerel on a Johnson spoon with a Tube jig glued to it in a pond that has reddish Brown salamanders in it ,which is why I use the red/brown tube .I'm convincedPickerel feed on amphibians and that is what I try to imitate in my retrieves to catch them at times  . This summer2014 I caught a 24 " 3#1oz Pick on JSpoon/Tube .

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        Aug 23, 2014