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Pickerel
by John Allen
photos by the author

When you ask an angler what their favorite thing is about
catching a certain type of fish, you tend to hear about how a
bass crashes a lure hard on the surface or how a trout gives
you a heart-pounding follow only to grab your lure with an
aggressive strike. Regardless of what it is, there is one fish
that seems to combine all of the qualities that other fish

provide into one of the most aggressive fish that you will
ever encounter. Chain Pickerel are both aggressive strikers
and fighters and feed constantly due to their fast metabolism, which can make for a fun day when you are on a body
of water with a good population of them. In order to catch
pickerel, you need to know where to find them, what to use
and how to catch them.

Where to find them

In Pennsylvania, the largest
concentrations of waters with pickerel
are in the northern and eastern parts
of the state. To locate waters with
pickerel in them, your best resource
of information is the Pennsylvania
Fish & Boat Commission's website,
www.fishandboat.com, using their
Warmwater/Coolwater Fisheries
Interactive Map. This map will display
the places with the best populations of
Chain Pickerel.
Pickerel are typically a shallow water
species that live primarily in and around
weed beds mostly in lakes and ponds, but
they are also found in several rivers and
streams throughout the state.

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