1st ever Grass Pickerel?

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Comment by carl hendrix on June 25, 2015 at 1:59pm

congrats to ya John !!  hope its a first for you!!  hopefully you;ll get a lot more to!!

Comment by arthur cole on June 25, 2015 at 11:13am

Nice John okay I give up lol water under the bridge lets hit the ramapo and where did you get that fish

Comment by John Sheehan on May 27, 2015 at 6:06am

Jim Gronaw , the vertical back bars and peculiar translucent coloring on the sides near the top had me thinking right away that this was different somehow from a chain Pickerel but your thought crossed my mind as well .Unfortunately the hues of the top and upper side didn't show up in the pic . Those two black bars from the eyes to the tip of the snout also was the 1st time I've noticed that .Now I have to go through a bunch of Chain Pickerel pics to see if they have those snout bars .The black bars through the eyes and cheek were like a chain Pickerel . This fish wasn't measured but I guess it was 8 or 9 inches .

 Jim Cosgrove , do you concur this is a GRASS PICKEREL?

 I realize coloring isn't the best indicator but those vertical bars are what make me think its a Grass Pickerel.

Here's another pic vaguely showing the reddish brown hue of the top /sides I thought was unusual. http://bigbluegill.com/photo/1st-ever-grass-pickerel/prev?context=user

Comment by Adam Rink on May 27, 2015 at 4:07am

Very cool fish.

Comment by Jim Gronaw on May 26, 2015 at 9:07pm

Or...could it be a juvenile chain pickerel? I really wouldn't know...neat fish, though!

Comment by jim cosgrove on May 26, 2015 at 4:15pm

had some in my fish tank for a while john.never caught one over 8 inches.pretty rare fish in my area.pretty little fish.were a lot of fun in the tank.would stay in the floating weeds and wait for minnows.i died and the others i released where i caught em

Comment by John Sheehan on May 26, 2015 at 2:51pm

Yes it did , hope the poor lil' guy is ok. I was not expecting a mini sized bully. I was casting over weeds for what I thought might interest Bass and Chain Pickerel.

  

Comment by Leo Nguyen on May 26, 2015 at 2:34pm

Interesting looking thing..Got throat hooked?