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 ...

While most anglers are currently pursuing striped bass up to 50 pounds, sea bass up to 11 pounds, scup, flounder, and bluefish at the coast, a good number of freshwater anglers are reveling in the ...

Pickerel fishing is red hot now. Right on schedule: I like it when Mother Nature cooperates with my projected schedules. Reports have been pouring in to me from rivers and ponds through much of the ...

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 are ...

"You like potato, I like potahto. You like tomato, I like tomahto. Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto, Let's call the whole thing off!" The lyrics from George and Ira Gershwin's, song, "Let's Call The ...

Pickerel fishing in the cedar waters of the south Jersey Pine Barrens normally has its ups and downs on any given year. This has a lot to do with the water levels in the sandy bogs, swamps and shallow ...

While most everyone has heard of bullfrogs and know what they sound like, I think the quintessential frog — the frog most of us see in our minds when we hear the word "frog" — is something I grew up ...

Thanks to a catch and kill order put in place last spring, injured raptors are feasting on fresh fish, courtesy of Nova Scotia's anglers. Pickerel from across Nova Scotia are being donated to the ...

Many men feel the oppression of a long shadow hovering over them. Could be a strict father, or a successful older brother, a popular friend, a demanding coach? In the case of Mark Pickerel, it was ...