pickeral don't take handling very well at all.. keep them out of the water for more than maybe 20 to 30 seconds and its going to die for sure

That's a funny one. I've thrown pickerel in freezers and they still live after 3 hours

I had pickerel live in my livewell for two days, LOL.

Pickeral are NOT game fish in TN. There is no limit and anglers are encouraged to kill every

fish caught.

Awful, AWFUL creatures. Nothing is worse than fishing a bass tournament and getting a solid bite and pulling it up only to find its a pickerel, it has damaged your crankbait, and you have to bring it on board to get it unhooked.

A pair of gloves and needle nose pliers. never try to hold them by the mouth. hold there body and release hook with pliers

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I agree with Francho, they are complete menace on Oneida. They destroy your lures, line and if you happen to have to net them, ugh. Slimy nasty d**n water snakes, lol. You can't catch much else on Oneida because they attack everything you put down before anything else can even hit it.

Grab the fish take the hook out of its mouth, watch out for the teeth, and put it back in the water

Simple

Oneida is the worst. 10:1 pickerel to bass, and that's on a good day.

Me and my brother in law fished Cayuga lake saturday and i caught 14 pickerel.. all between 20-24 inches... It was nuts.. I was ripping a senko through the weeds and they were killing it...

ya theres nothing worse than when u get a hard strike and u think its a nice bass and then u find out its a pikerel

Grab the fish take the hook out of its mouth, watch out for the teeth, and put it back in the water

Simple

amen brother, not sure why everyone hates the pickeral just take em off and toss em back

a towel or gloves for handling the fish and needle nose pliers for removing hook.