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1st ever Grass Pickerel?
6" -14"Jumping Trout ,saw more than 20 leap 3' or more out of the water . Skunked except for a first time Grass Pickerel that took the Frog colored Baby Zara.
The Heddon Tiny Torpedo , got nudged about 4 x but no hookups .Trout were jumping but I had nothing they were interested in. Witnessed two Bald Eagles , snake , and turtle also.Water temp =76 deg at 11:45 am
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Comment by carl hendrix on June 25, 2015 at 1:59pm
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congrats to ya John !! hope its a first for you!! hopefully you;ll get a lot more to!!
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Comment by arthur cole on June 25, 2015 at 11:13am
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Nice John okay I give up lol water under the bridge lets hit the ramapo and where did you get that fish
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Comment by John Sheehan on May 27, 2015 at 6:06am
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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
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Comment by Adam Rink on May 27, 2015 at 4:07am
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Very cool fish.
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Comment by Jim Gronaw on May 26, 2015 at 9:07pm
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Or...could it be a juvenile chain pickerel? I really wouldn't know...neat fish, though!
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Comment by jim cosgrove on May 26, 2015 at 4:15pm
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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
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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.
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Comment by Leo Nguyen on May 26, 2015 at 2:34pm
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Interesting looking thing..Got throat hooked?
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