My first chain pickerel

[FreshwaterPhil]

Chain pickerel are quite rare up here, I very rarely fish waters that have them. Caught my first one ever while jigging for perch this afternoon, not often that I get a news species in Quebec

[Adironzach]

always is cool to catch a new species but you should be happy you dont have a lot of slime darts around. They get boring and annoying to catch pretty quickly..... however they make excellent fertilizer

[bootstrap]

many of them here. lots of people eat them. i hope you didnt waste it.

[sebago2jigtima]

 

[FreshwaterPhil]

many of them here. lots of people eat them. i hope you didnt waste it.

Too small for my liking, I wont keep any esox under 22 inches.

[Seamonkey84]

Too small for my liking, I wont keep any esox under 22 inches.

A pickerel 24” or over is a monster lol, kinda rare in most places. 

[Raquettedacker]

Great pickerel Phil.
Did you eat it? There pretty good..
My goal is to brake the 30" mark.  Have a few 29"ers.  Maybe next season..

[FreshwaterPhil]

Great pickerel Phil.
Did you eat it? There pretty good..
My goal is to brake the 30" mark.  Have a few 29"ers.  Maybe next season..

To small for me, I did keep 1 pike I caught jigging, as well as a few perch.

[filetandrelease]

 Well Phil expect lots more to come when they get a foot hold or fin in this case

[FreshwaterPhil]

Well Phil expect lots more to come when they get a foot hold or fin in this case

It came from one of the few lakes in the province known to have them. I only started fishing it this season, it was my 3rd time there.