I caught this on a local NC lake and need some help identifying it. Unfortuately, when I tried to hold the fish up for the camera, it lept out of my hands and back into the lake.
Can anyone identify this fish during the catch? Pike or Pickerel possibly?
Thanks,
Jason
Need Help Identifying A Fish Please...
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, Mar 11 2012 01:54 PM
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InLikeFinz
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Posted March 11 2012 - 01:54 PM
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Posted March 11 2012 - 02:01 PM
Couldn't get a real good look at it, but from the length and girth I would say it's probably a chain pickerel.
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Posted March 11 2012 - 02:02 PM
yep, i also think that its a pickerel
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Posted March 11 2012 - 04:09 PM
It didn't have teeth like I expected it to. It looked like someone took a largemouth bass and squished it through a Play Dough Fun Factory. The jaw had an elongated shape and it cut my line IN the kayak, ha!
Pickerel it is! First one ever! Kind of stoked about that to be honest.
Pickerel it is! First one ever! Kind of stoked about that to be honest.
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Posted March 12 2012 - 12:13 PM
It's got teeth, don't lip them.
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Oh, dogs. Sure, I like dags. I like caravans more.
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Posted March 12 2012 - 03:39 PM
Yeah, there was NO WAY I was touching that things mouth, haha!. I held the line and swung him in. Then the line snapped and I said "ruh roh". Ha!
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Posted March 12 2012 - 08:27 PM
pickeral can be a blast to catch, seems like there is always more than one, and they are typically very eager to hit your offering.
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Yep......... That's a Northstar jig alright.......
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Posted March 13 2012 - 09:10 AM
That looked to be a nice pickerel at that!!
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Posted March 13 2012 - 10:49 AM
nice size one man
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Posted March 13 2012 - 08:12 PM
there are pickeral all over the lakes in central pa you can't go bass fishing without catching some pickeral, some lakes have more pickeral than bass in my area
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Posted March 13 2012 - 09:31 PM
Chain pickeral for sure.
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Posted March 25 2012 - 02:23 PM
i agree looks like a chain pickerel
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