this is a nice one caught by a lady friend of mine. caught on a pumpkin green senko jigged on the bottom real slow. she had a great time trying to get it in. prob measured somewhere between 27 and 30 inches. tried to show her how to hold it for the picture but....well you'l see. great fish nonetheless . the melon on this guy was huge.

That is great.  I hear a lot of people complain about those but they look like they would be fun to catch.  I guess it is just all the lost baits that gets annoying. 

That's one hunk of pickerel!

That's a chunk of a pickeral. What state are you in if you don't mind me asking?

HOLY COW!!

That's a "whale" of a pickerel...Congratulations!

Roger

That's a great pickerel. Ever since I caught my first pickerel some 40 years ago I have thought that they are better fighters than largemouth, although I'd rather catch the bass.

Nice

i live in the great state of nj. right by the pine barrens. best place tpo fish for them guys.

pickerel are awesome! i love it when i catch the occasional pickerel. i sometimes enjoy the surprise of catching one of them better than catching bass! they sure do fight harder than largemouth thats for sure, i hooked one that was a little bigger than the one in this photo, and i thought for sure i had a new PB bass on (7lbs+) until i got it to the boat. i reached down to grab it, hook came out, and as i tried lifting it by the belly it slipped away.

they are good at getting away with all that slime on them. i ve dropped a few and they slid right down the bank back into the water.

i live in the great state of nj. right by the pine barrens. best place tpo fish for them guys.

You don't see "great state" and "NJ" in the same sentence very often lol.

J/k, congrats on the nice fish.

very impressive fish

Looks like a nice catch. And that's a good fish, too. 

pickerel are awesome! i love it when i catch the occasional pickerel. i sometimes enjoy the surprise of catching one of them better than catching bass! they sure do fight harder than largemouth thats for sure, i hooked one that was a little bigger than the one in this photo, and i thought for sure i had a new PB bass on (7lbs+) until i got it to the boat. i reached down to grab it, hook came out, and as i tried lifting it by the belly it slipped away.

The most common fish story. I had one bigger, but I lost him at the boat... Did you measure the fish when it was in the water? The poster estimated the length. For all we know that girl could be 200-300 lbs.  :

"For all we know that girl could be 200-300 lbs.  "

And we all know that she now hates RobbyZ5001! 

pickerel are awesome! i love it when i catch the occasional pickerel. i sometimes enjoy the surprise of catching one of them better than catching bass! they sure do fight harder than largemouth thats for sure, i hooked one that was a little bigger than the one in this photo, and i thought for sure i had a new PB bass on (7lbs+) until i got it to the boat. i reached down to grab it, hook came out, and as i tried lifting it by the belly it slipped away.

The most common fish story. I had one bigger, but I lost him at the boat... Did you measure the fish when it was in the water? The poster estimated the length. For all we know that girl could be 200-300 lbs. :

haha no i didn't "lose it at the boat" like most fish stories go. i actually had this fish in my hands. i saw the entire length of it, and while i didn't measure it, it was lined right up parallel to the side of the boat and i would be safe to say it was around 30 inches.