Chain Pickerel

[HRiggott25]

I love fishing for pickerel!! I actually hooked into one that was about 2.5 ft + in length off of a small sunfish. I was in a small kayak and i wasn't prepared for that guy, so I couldn't get it into the kayak.

[LakeOwen2011]

sexy fish

[690169]

What the hell's a Pickerel?

[MRbassmasterman]

@690169 Its just like a pike but they can survive in southern bodies of water.. They act just like a bass.. Pretty aggressive too.

[basserkid13]

@MRbassmasterman is there a trailer hook on ur spinner

[rapala1995]

hows the rod holdin up for you? Did it break? i already bought the shimano caenen now i just need a good rod under 100 dollars

[MRbassmasterman]

@rapala1995 That rod broke in like 2 weeks... it sucks. Get yourself an All Star ASR or Falcon Bucoo

[ilovepears]

i catch these all the time while fishing for walleye. apparently they are good eating so i might harvest one next time i hook em.

[MrUSCGamecock]

@ilovepears Their smaller relatives, redfin pickerel, are really good eating but they have so many bones

[mtednby21]

nice fish i caught 3 pickrel one day on a spinner and nightcrawlers idk if they went for the worms or the spinner lol

[MrBassturbater]

these things are everywhere in MA catch at least 2 everytime we go for smallies

[MRbassmasterman]

@MrBassturbater Yeah they are fun to catch! I have only caught a couple this year.. last year I caught around 10-12... I mainly catch them on spinnerbaits and chatterbaits for some reason... I have only caught one on any other bait

[MrBassturbater]

@MRbassmasterman ya spinnerbaits work good but if ur in clear water u can catch em on anythin. i get most of mine on senkos. biggest i got wa around 6 pnd 3 oz giant

[MRbassmasterman]

@MrBassturbater Wow! My biggest is about 3.5-4 pounds and I thought it was huge lol It was a lake record for a lake thats 26,000+ acres

[MrBassturbater]

@MRbassmasterman

they like the water cold. plus in the lake i caught it in theres no largemouth so not as much competition

[mcknighter23]

@MRbassmasterman wow !!! thats small you sould come to scotland like 6 under is a baby one of my friends got a 27lber (the one day i wasnt there with a camera DAMN) and we met a guy that got a 32lber up north it was like 6 ft long still fun catching the little ones though they go crazy when you hook them

[MRbassmasterman]

@mcknighter23 Yeah, this is good sized.. Lake record is like 3.6 pounds

[kevin58006]

awesome video! nasty little basterds. haha

[MRbassmasterman]

@dinostang64 Shimano Caenan/Carrot Stix Wild but dont get the wild it sucks mine broke now I have a Falcon Low Rider on my Caenan

[theDelawaredude1]

@MRbassmasterman how did the wild break

[PostBulbi]

nice catch, we call them jack fish where im from. they strike most of the same stuff bass strike, spinners, senkos, tubes, i've even had one on a frog. its a big suprise when you think you have a big bass hooked and it turns out to be a 3 pound pickerel with huge teeth

[Probassfisher88]

Nioce any1 ever been snakehead fishing

[Gorillafishing]

kool...

[EGOTTLIEB12]

That a nice "Chain Pickerel" Nice Video! 5/5

[MRbassmasterman]

@EGOTTLIEB12 Thanx

[TheBestTexasFishin]

Houston? 

[MRbassmasterman]

@TheBestTexasFishin No this video was in Jefferson

[Bassintheweeds]

I think I'm gonna add that to my list of things to do before I die."catch a pickrel in Texas".

[MRbassmasterman]

@Bassintheweeds Lol it shouldn't be hard. I catch one 90% of my trips to Lake O' The Pines its the biggest lake within like 30 miles of me. I want to catch a smallmouth bass and I want to catch a bass in the snow and I want to kill a deer in the snow. Lol I already rode my dirtbike in the snow I went over a frozen ramp at an angle and slid off to the side and busted my A. But ya u should come to Tx we have awesome fishing down here

[chicagobhawks23]

is it like a pike

[MRbassmasterman]

@chicagobhawks23 Yes, very similar to pike. They are in the same family

[fishingallyear1000]

@chicagobhawks23 there smaller than northern pike but related

[Bassintheweeds]

O didn't know thier where pickrel in Texas. Awsome vids btw.

[MRbassmasterman]

@Bassintheweeds Yeah actually there's a lot of em', and Thanx

[Bassintheweeds]

Where do u live that it is warm enough to fish and catch a pickrel?

[MRbassmasterman]

@Bassintheweeds East Texas 

[wubwubwubba]

those things are a dime a dozen here in ma. Slime darts!!

[MRbassmasterman]

@wubwubwubba Im not sure I follow you but thanx haah