In the hierarchy of Esox, the chain pickerel sits squarely at the bottom both literally and figuratively. Compared to their big cousins, the pike and muskie, they don’t get much love despite being ...

I’ve been a fan of chain pickerel since I was a kid. That’s largely because where I grew up there weren’t any pike and even though there were some muskie haunts, those fish felt too unattainable. As ...

Pickerel can be caught year-round, but the prime months are November through April. In warmer months, pickerel seem to retreat to depths, weedbeds and pad fields. But as waters cool and vegetation ...

While most anglers are currently pursuing striped bass up to 50 pounds, sea bass up to 11 pounds, scup, flounder, and bluefish at the coast, a good number of freshwater anglers are reveling in the ...

Back in 1845, when Henry David Thoreau first moved to Massachusetts’ Walden Pond to confront the essential facts of life, one such encounter involved chain pickerel. The philosopher got all gushy over ...

Pickerel fishing in the cedar waters of the south Jersey Pine Barrens normally has its ups and downs on any given year. This has a lot to do with the water levels in the sandy bogs, swamps and shallow ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Dear Paul: I caught a beautiful pickerel the other day, had to put him back ...