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 ...

Back in 1845, when Henry David Thoreau first moved to Massachusetts’ Walden Pond to confront the essential facts of life, one such encounter involved chain pickerel. The philosopher got all gushy over ...

The chain pickerel, a member of the pike family known for chain-like pattern on its greenish body, were in a biting mood for last Sunday's ice fishing contest on Lake Hopatcong, hosted by the Knee ...

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 ...

Now is the time for pickerel fishing. But first a word on safety. Ice and cold water are dangerous. Even so called “paper ice” can damage any boat. A more common problem is ice on the boat ramp, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anglers are enjoying the “hard water” that is covering many of the lakes across Pennsylvania as ice fishing is officially here.

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 ...

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 deep freeze has iced up Lake Hopatcong good and the Knee Deep Club's annual ice fishing contest is a go for this Sunday on the state's largest freshwater lake. It's been a couple years since the ...

Well, it looks like we just endured a genuine blast of real winter weather. That is, enough to put a few inches of “unsafe ice” on our central Maryland lakes and ponds. Shucks, I was hoping for some ...