I’ve been a fan of chain pickerel since I was a kid. That’s largely because where I grew up there weren’t any pike and even though there were some muskie haunts, those fish felt too unattainable. As ...

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 ...

Pickerel fishing is red hot now. Right on schedule: I like it when Mother Nature cooperates with my projected schedules. Reports have been pouring in to me from rivers and ponds through much of the ...

As pickerel fishing gains in popularity in our area, more anglers pursue them and we’re learning more about their habits and ways to catch them. But first, a word of warning. Safety in Cold Weather ...

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 ...

The peak angling times for trout, shad and crappie bass are over. Prime time for river smallmouth has also ended although you can still pick them up on the Delaware and parts of the Lehigh. The ...

The first fish I ever caught through the ice was a chain pickerel yanked through a hole at Bradys Lake more than 20 years ago. It was followed by a yellow perch minutes later, as I recall. The last ...

Hunters and Gatherers is series looking at hunting and fishing in northern Ontario, how Indigenous rights can divide people, how some northerners find ways to share the resources and what sharing the ...

Tiffany Lui of the Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre south of Winnipeg hopes that a loon that died after swallowing a pickerel rig is a reminder for Manitobans to be careful with their gear. The ...