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Pickerel with Greg

Raised 5 Pickerel in the W and NW calm side of the lake after trolling and drifting didn't pan out in the SE ,E and NE .Each got two , I dropped one . Greg's best ,18.5" ,1#7oz. John's best 18" 1#,4oz. Fish were in 8',to just a few feet of calm water . Small spinners and spoons . Greg scored 1st with a tiny size 1? spinner and then I shortly afterwards raised and dropped a fish the same size as his 16/17 " fish, on a Gold Nungesser spoon tipped with 1/2 a crawler .Both fish were in Wood/ Rock /Weeds/Lily pads .....Greg's 2nd fish hit a brightly painted 2.5 "? flutter spoon , a little farther down the shoreline on wood/dieing Pads and weeds and I got my 1st Fish with the same worm tipped NG spoon shortly afterwards on weed/ Pads in the NW corner . We did the entire run again and using a gold 1/6th oz. Acme Little Cleo/crawler piece, I got the last fish at the NW bend /cut way up on some distinctive dyeing grass growing up out of the water in just a few FOW, inside dead/thick pad area. I missed that the 1st time thinking it was too shallow .
Water temp 48 degrees in the East and 46 in the West where we caught .Got on the water a round 10:15 and didn't contact fish till around noon; got off the water @3:30 .

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Comment by arthur cole on December 28, 2014 at 4:52pm: got ya Cant wait to get my new tag fish on come Jan.

Comment by John Sheehan on December 27, 2014 at 8:11am: Made fish cakes out of the sides Dick .Best to use the crunch setting on the blender to mash the bones up good .The top fillet I pan fried. Still gotta learn to take the Y bones out of the two side filets back to the start of the dorsal. From there back to the tail the two fillets are essentially free of bones. Plenty of meat on a 20" or more Pickerel .This is about the 5th time I've enjoyed Pickerel taken from cold water .

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on December 26, 2014 at 8:37pm: What Dick said

Comment by dick tabbert on December 26, 2014 at 8:36pm: John them buggers eat good If you can get that dab burn Y bone out.

Comment by arthur cole on December 26, 2014 at 8:15pm: looks like a pond in the park off skylands rd

Comment by John Sheehan on December 15, 2014 at 9:51am: SSSHHH! ,Shepherds

Comment by arthur cole on December 13, 2014 at 6:33pm: what lake is that

Comment by John Sheehan on November 28, 2014 at 6:19am: Thanks for the reply Jim!

Comment by Jim Gronaw on November 27, 2014 at 9:27pm: John...your pickerel looks healthy...I'd venture 2 1/4 or slightly better on that fish. Batteries might be low or they sometimes bomb in the cold. Might checkout good at home then, when out on a cold day for a period of time, they read off when put to use. This may not be as dramatic on a 15 to 20 pound fish, but lighter fish and weak batteries could give a false reading by more than the 'plus or minus' allotments for the scale.

I have a Berkly 50 lb digital that I use exclusively for carp and cats. For panfish I still use the MainStays Kitchen Scale for food measurements that tops out at 10 pounds. It's a little tougher to set up and use, but for smaller fish like gills. crappies and perch its more accurate. The MS scale is strictly a warmer weather, 60 degree and warmer, tool.

Hope this helps

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on November 26, 2014 at 11:28am: Normally, you can zero and tare a digital scale, and that's about it.
You're only option after zeroing is to verify against a known weight.