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 ...

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 ...

After weeks of hunting, we were ready for a change of scenery and a new activity. Watching the pair of red and white bobbers ...

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 ...

It was windy and overcast, not the perfect day for offshore fishing. When the phone buzzed, I should have known it would be my fishing buddy, Capt. Butch Foster of Yeah Right Charters. “I had an ...

After catching mostly largemouth bass for the better part of three hours, this fish felt different. The runs were deep, and when it changed direction it did so purposefully — steadfast in it ...

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 province’s Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture says reports of invasive chain pickerel in a popular Hants County ...

Pike, river pike, grass pike, jack, jackfish, eastern pickerel, chainsides, mud pickerel, black chain pike, duck-billed pike Description Chain pickerels are deep olive-green on the back, shading to a ...