Mannnn...These pickerels sure do love my lures!

I wanted to get a bass but instead i get this, I did however get my bass last night right before we were asked to leave by security as it was like 9-10pm.

I'm just using a weightless, wacky rigged senko but that's enough to get them to bite.

Our catch: A 5 pounds and two feet long pickerel, He was giving me a fight and kicking a ton of water at me.

 

That's a fatty! Nice catch!

That's a really nice pickerel! 

I know right?, At least it was easy to get my senko and hook back from him as he was only hooked in the side of his mouth.

I really wasn't planning on catching him but he wanted the worm more than a bass i guess.

 

I agree with @Darren., that's a real healthy pickerel. The snot rockets I've been catching are so thin you can see skeletal bones. That's the type of snot rocket you want to catch.

 

Nice catch @Angealy!

I hate pickerel. So far this year I've caught 5 pickerel to every 1 bass. They are getting to be a big nuisance where I fish. Like Jigfishn10, most of the slimy pests I get are thin. 

Thats a nice pickerel. 5 pounds is a monster. 

Great catch! That is a real prize.