27 Inch Pickerel

27 Inch massive pickeral caught in Lake Mohawk NJ. Caught with a pumpkin colored rubber worm. My first great catch!

I would like to add this fish is not a pike, but a huge pickerel. If you feel like debating this, apparently the comment section on this video has become the place to do it.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Lake
• Mohawk
• Pickerel
• lunker
• fishing
• NJ
• big
• game
• fish

[donnygoat]

What part of the lake did you catch him on?

East Shore or West Shore?

[chiefsmokedawg]

@donnygoat This one is in sleepy lagoon, which is at the gated side of west shore. Where west and east shore meet. The cruiser club is there, or the beach and docks for sleepy lagoon are on West shore by whiporwhill

[MrPaul2You]

nice fish. def. not 27 inches, more like 22-23 at the most. the biggest pickerel ever caught on records was probably only about 30 inches long.

[chiefsmokedawg]

@MrPaul2You Thanks, but it really is 27 inches. I measured the links on the seat the next day with a ruler to verify the length. Either way, I have another video with one that is easily 30 inches. I should have kept it. Oh well, I catch and release em all so someone else can try

[mk320vturbo]

What kind of homo watches a fish video and notices a dude's biceps? Do you just watch videos hoping for a little shot of some man ass? It looks as though you're too far gone to teach anything about the differences between a pike and pickerel, so I've relegated myself to calling you out on being a straight up queer.

[roatking]

like the last dude said, definitely a chain pickerel. mostly, pickerel have a black stripe running down from beneath their eye, just like the one in the video. NORTHERNS DO NOT. aside from that, you have to be blind to not see the difference in the pattern on the rest of their body. pike=spots. pickerel=chain (thus the name, durr). also, they both have pretty white bellies. maybe some of you should spend more time on the water, and less time shit talking things you know nothing about.

[JeSuSInCoRpErAtEd]

@gammer8882 no, you must be stupid. is a pickeral. it has a chain pattern. at pike just had random ovals.

[gammer8882]

are you stupid? its a pike!!

[flyfishingnb]

Nice size pickerel. I love fishing them all day long.

We usually fish for them from a float tube. That's when it becomes really exciting.

[popdropshake]

the only reason why i searched this up was cause i caught one of these

[MrQuickSandJesus]

maybe if your dumbass wasnt sticking your fingers in its gills it would squarm..

[sociopathix]

@stephenwrr And pickerel are indeed spotted

[sociopathix]

@stephenwrr Walleye isnt a pickerel. Walleyes are walleyes. Pickerel look like pike but not nearly as big.

People always think pickerel means walleye, but thats not the case, thats just some dumbass who called a walleye a pickerel once and everyone believed him.

[stephenwrr]

This is without a doubt a Northern pike and a smaller one at that. Note that there is no dorsal fin and that it is spotted whereas a Walleye sports a distinct sharp dorsal fin and is typically a solid (not spotted) colour.

[GoodJobBadJob]

I've caught barracuda without ever having to resort to such a heinous technique... and it's not completely your fault. You see 'expert fisherman' handling fish this way because of pure negligence (or because they aren't releasing the fish) but they are promoting poor handling techniques regardless. If you are going to release a fish, never go near where it breathes. there is too much room for error. it's just bad news all around and there is no need to do it... there is much safer ways.

[GoodJobBadJob]

@Punt66 is 100% correct... But what is more important is that you LEARN TO HANDLE FISH!!!! First off, it took you almost a minute jamming your fingers in its 'lungs' before you 'thought' you had it right. I really wish you had stuck your fingers a LITTLE further up and got a nice whack from its teeth... there is NO reason you need to handle any fish like that.