Quinte Fishing

Just for fun I was wanting to know what people call this fish?

Comming from the states we call them walleyes. . we have a fish known as a Chain Pickerel. we say pickerel...... i think you guys call them a grass pike

I got in the walleye vs. pickerel arguement once and I was arguing for pickerel. After A LOT of research I had to admit that pickerel is what Grizzly mentioned a fish a lot like a pike in the states. It is actually incorrect to call a walleye a pickerel. Like I said I was arguing that you could call a walleye a pickerel so I searched long and hard for something to back up my case but I couldn't find any. Bottom line is everyone knows that you are talking about when you say pickerel so its not the end of the world, but technically its incorrect.

I wonder how we came to call walleye, "pickerel"? Especially for it to be come as wide spread as it is.

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The walleye vs. pickeral subject got way out of control on another fishing message board a while back too. Kind of like partridge vs. grouse, old timers like my father call them partridge but he knows he's shooting ruffed grouse, he'd never say the word walleye either. Just an old school thing if you ask me.

What Grizzly said. The Pocono region of North East Pennsylvania is loaded with small lakes containing Chain Pickerel. They look like a smaller Northern Pike with slightly different markings. They are very aggressive and toothy critters - especially during the winter on shiners hung beneath a tip-up.

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the above is a pike, and the lower fish chain pickerel


Found this pic of a chain pickerel looks like a pike no doubt but if you look at its skin marking it looks like a chain where as a pike is more a spotted beast that grows much larger 5 pound chain pickerel isa trophy fish. they dont get the big belly a pike gets .......... ps. would someone please, please, please take me muskie fishing???

GRIZZLY!! Make a trip down to Windsor Ont . I will take you muskie fishing.

HOLY !!!! wow nice fish!

That fish is only 49in long but it was over 40lbs someones missing there dog..We get a lot of 50ins and over but not that heavy..

wow what a beauty andy............. put that baby on a 5 foot ultra light, and 6 lb test and id be in heaven ..... why. cause id shoot myself for fishing in musky waters with a kiddy pole lol............ very nice fish, it made my mouth water,,,, yes thats it, my mouth watered yer on my list of people to become friends with lol many more to you bud happy casting Grizz