Pickerel?

[Speedgoat]

Are pickerel and walleye in the same family? Pickerel good eating?

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[swamper]

We call pickerel northerns. They are better eating than walleye if you ask me. They are hard to clean though you have to flay out y bones so you waste a lot of meat.

[Speedgoat]

I caught one and had no idea what it was, [emoji38]

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[AntlerCollector]

Where did you catch it?

I have a few in my backyard pond.

[Phillip Fields]

Pickerel are in the Pike family. Walleye are in the perch family.

[AlaskaFlyerFan]

Pickerel are in the Pike family. There’s a good picture of one in this link. It’s the 2nd picture...the first picture is a walleye.

https://northernwilds.com/pickerel-vs-walleye-setting-the-record-straight/

[Tommyh]

pickerel are in the pike family, and Tx has chain pickerel native. did you take a picture at least?

[Fla. Fatboy]

Back in the day.

Grew up in Florida, years ago. Use to catch'em once in a while on a crankbait or spinnerbait. Once hooked up for the most part fought harder than a largemouth. Fun to catch, not to clean, bony. Used to just throw'em back.
Ed

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[ultrastealth]

I've caught a couple in my life, but neither was big enough to eat. Kind of cool looking though.

[Speedgoat]

pickerel are in the pike family, and Tx has chain pickerel native. did you take a picture at least?

I did, but I accidentally deleted it.

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[Capt.Bryan]

Used to fish a lake not far from Panama city Florida that was loaded with them. They would flat destroy some spinnerbaits. Between the pickerel and grinnell you would destroy 15-20 spinnerbaits per trip. Never ate any but were a blast to catch. Almost like getting into a school of Spanish mackerel while trout fishing.

[RedBear78]

I’ve caught several in a little creek on our lease outside Warren in Tyler county.At first I didn’t know what it was either and I’ve been fishing these parts my whole life.

[Hobbs]

I catch them in Caddo about every trip.

[eradicator]

We call pickerel northerns. They are better eating than walleye if you ask me. They are hard to clean though you have to flay out y bones so you waste a lot of meat.

Walleye is hard to beat IMO. Do you like carp/gar?

[rjtkdplus]

This is how we always filet them. No need to get all the bones out.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgV2rEI6IlM"]Catch, Clean, Cook "Jack Fish" (*Chain Pickerel) - YouTube[/ame]