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
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
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
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 .
John Sheehan
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
Nov 22, 2010
Florida Boy
Nov 24, 2010
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 .
Aug 23, 2014