Chain pickerel are a nuisance. At least that’s how a lot of bass anglers think of them. Throughout their huge range, pickerel share many of the same waters as largemouth and smallmouth bass and are ...

I’ve got this old plug — a double-propeller Devil’s Horse – that’s scraped worse than sod at a shale site. But honestly, over the seasons I’ve delighted in getting this lure progressively battered.

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 ...

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 ...

With over 50 years of fishing under my belt, I’ve seen plenty of changes and innovations in the fishing tackle used by anglers. One segment of our sport that has seen the largest amount of innovations ...

Although the traditional trout season is closed, anglers can take advantage of productive fall fishing opportunities for other noteworthy gamefish such as those in the esocid family, including ...

The hand-made balsa-wood fishing lure looked like a fish killer for sure. "Gosh," I sighed, fogging up the glass of the showcase. "Wish I could have it. But $1.95! I'd never have enough to get that ...

Pickerel are the hot topic of conversation among area anglers. Those toothy, green-spotted fish continue to destroy expensive artificial lures and continue to eat the $1 wild shiners used as live bass ...

Pickerel fishing is red hot now. Right on schedule: I like it when Mother Nature cooperates with my projected schedules. Reports have been pouring in to me from rivers and ponds through much of the ...

Chain pickerels don’t get very big. The world record weighed only 9 pounds, 6 ounces. Average fish in most waters seldom exceed 2 pounds. Chains aren’t great table fish, either. Their flesh is sweet ...