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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 John Sheehan on November 26, 2014 at 6:59am: http://www2.dnr.cornell.edu/cek7/nyfish/Centrarchidae/centrarchidae... I wouldn't refer to a largemouth Bass or any of these specific fish as a sunfish ,even though they share membership in the same family . You're entitled to call it a Pike if you want though David and besides you know it's really a chain pickerel ;)

BTW , I really now wish I kept two ,they have great tasting pink fillets!

Comment by John Sheehan on November 26, 2014 at 6:55am: Yup it's a generic term I don't myself use . Esox Niger just isn't Esox Lucius to me .They don't look the same ,just similar ,and have different names ,Chain Pickerel and Pike .

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on November 25, 2014 at 10:37pm: All in the same family.
Back in grandadas day, these were featured on the menu of the finest restaurants.
"Pike," the called em. It's a generic term.

Comment by John Sheehan on November 25, 2014 at 8:55pm: Only caught one Pike in my life and this ain't it . Chain Pickerel and you know it David .

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on November 25, 2014 at 8:35pm: Nice pike!

Comment by Jim Gronaw on November 25, 2014 at 4:55pm: Hey John...nice looking snakes...and now's the time to get them! I really should target these guys more often!

Good for you! You're on the fish!

Comment by Slip Sinker on November 25, 2014 at 4:41pm: what a great detailed report too. details like that really help out late in the season like this when the bite gets tough

Comment by Slip Sinker on November 25, 2014 at 4:30pm: nice fish John! love the coloring on the pickerel

Comment by John Sheehan on November 25, 2014 at 4:23pm: I really should have kept the two I caught. Would have been nice meals .Thinking now I wish I did !

Comment by carl hendrix on November 25, 2014 at 4:17pm: great report John;; glad you and Greg got out for a day of fun!! those pickerel might be good ; grilled up!! LOL!!