Can I clean a pickerel the same way as a pike? Why am I getting bones in my pike fillets? Let's answer both of these subscriber questions. ▶ Get weekly tips direct to your inbox. It's time for you to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Troy Ray, of Constantia, was ice fishing on Oneida Lake last weekend when he pulled a plump pickerel through the ice that just might’ve beat a state record. Ray’s digital scale (powered by ...

The chain pickerel, a member of the pike family known for chain-like pattern on its greenish body, were in a biting mood for ...

Northbound traffic continues to be rerouted onto Settlers Road following a crash at Pickerel River Road on Highway 69 early ...