First Pickerel 2022
Hi fellow Outdoorsmen,
Today I wanted to laugh on catching the first pickerel of the year!
First Pickerel 2022
Last year we had a lot of fun fishing at the lake, catching the various fish that were on offer there such as largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, white perch, black bass / crappie, and even a catfish! One of the fish that took us really long to catch for some reason was a pickerel.
Not this year! Lol. One of the first decent sized fish we ended up catching recently was a nice old pickerel! It was also my first time in a really long time catching anything on this nice topwater lure I've got here. It's a cool looking bass or something but it's got a propeller on the end and makes a lot of noise. It's quite the fun lure to have out there and if the fish are going for topwater stuff, they really make a fun show of it!
With pickerel, you have to be careful because they tend to be incredibly slimy and their teeth are sharp as shit! You never want to try and grab it by the lip the way you would do for a bass. You'll certainly shred your finger trying and that's not fun. Thankfully this guy here was not really happy being on the hook and was flip flopping all over the place trying to get off. Sure enough he popped himself off and swam away. Makes for less work for me cleaning up my glove!
Funny how we were waiting so long to catch a pickerel last year only to have it be one of the very first fish we catch this year.
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Very cool mate
It must have been great to feel the tug of the fish.
Thanks! Yeah it's a lot of fun fighting these fish, they pack a punch! Makes you feel like the fish you've got on is a whole lot bigger than what you've got!
I can feel what you are saying, because I also often go fishing.
I have shared several times in my posts, if you are willing to see it.
I certainly did check it out! That's awesome, nice grouper man!
It's not a popular community yet but if you want feel free to post fishing stuff in here! You posted it in Liketu which is totally fine. Just offering the community for outdoors stuff if you want :D
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Nice catch-Havent seen any of these in my part of the world-How is the fight?
Hmm. Congratulations to you guys. That's a good looking fish, it definitely doesn't live in my country. Why are you glad it ran off though? You guys usually catch and release?
Thanks! Yeah we catch and release only with these freshwater fish. The only fish I would consider keeping and eating is trout or salmon and I haven’t caught either of those yet lol.
Here in Canada we refer to this fish as (jackfish).You can catch these fish on almost anything.The lure you were using is a crankbait rattler.These fish are in every lake from east coast to west coast.
Yeah that was a good topwater lure I was using but sadly I messed it up so now I need to buy a new one lol it won't spin the blade at the back.
Yeah it's certainly going to have a few different names! I know they are aggressive and will eat and attack anything. They are a pretty fun one to catch that's for sure!
Thanks for stopping by, fellow fisherman!