And more pickeral.

Posted By wellsley on 11 Dec 2012 07:24 PM
And more pickeral.
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Wellsley,Very nice fish.Where abouts are you fishing?? Thanks for adding to the thread.

Thanks, Cayuga Lake

If wire doesn't seem to be a good option for you, try a shock tippet, which is basically a short section of heavier material. Of course even a 20# tippet would have to be checked regularly for abrasions.

they are some nice pics wellsley and thanks for the help everyone can't wait to get back out in the spring after em.

There really doesn't seem to be many pickerel in Michigan.  I've seen maybe two or three (Grass Pickerel, the small ones) in my lifetime.

Come on Dave, The guy ( DR Mead) is just trying to find more places to fish for the toothy critters. Your friends suggest a place and you say that Pike are different than Pickerel. and that was it. Pillman was suggesting Farmers lake and that was it. Pike are different than pickerel. This guy loves Pickerel fishing. and reaching out to some people that are finally speaking his language, and Pike are not much different than Pickerel. They possess the same aggressiveness. I do like some of your ideas on catching them, can you show us some of the Pickerel you have caught with those methods or any other methods? I am very interested in seeing some pictures of some of the Pickerel you have caught. and I think DR Mead would also be interested.

Try fishing flukes or swim baits or any other plastic for that matter , I fish the swim baits either weightless or on light weight jigs and rig it so it swims sideways. You could also try fly fishing for them .

I can't seem to avoid a pickerel when I swim a grub through thick vegetation. Just make sure you use strong braid or else you'll be down more than a few jigheads by the end of the day.

Nice post DRM..and thanks for the pic. The BIGGEST reason I suggest at LEAST a small wire leader is that in MANY waters containing pike / muskie / pickerel...there can be a chance to "tie into a good one" What a LOT of folks don't understand about the pike family is that they can be VERY picky at times. In frozen waters / winter time early spring they sometimes survive eating dead fish off the bottom...similar to catfish. Many folks around the world fish for the pike "family" with dead bait. Your comment about "slow roll" is ironic...as I have caught them by letting a spoon settle to the bottom for a minute or so. Once I engage the reel...then gently "lift" the lure off the bottom...MANY times I get a strike.

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Mr. Dave. I was hoping by now that you would have posted some of the pickerel you are catching on all those great methods you talked about. They were very informative and just wanted to see how well all those techniques worked for you. also wanted to know if you have any pictures on actual handling of the Pickerel. They are very difficult to handle at times. I do much better with pictures than words. So hopfully you can help with some illustrations. I did find one picture of my son and how he holds them. You gotta have atleast one pictue of all those pickerel you caught.



Ive never used that spoon settling method. Hopefully you got some pictures of those that you caught.

thanks,