Top Water Pickeral

adventure · **Posted:** Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:34 am

LOL, Don't worry, I'm slowly getting there myself.

Back to the topic, I have caught walleye topwater as well a few times. The majority were right a dusk walking the dog as others have as well by the sound of it. Oddest one was midday on a buzzbait in Percy Reach. We laughed and said the crazy thing had a personality disorder and thought he was a bass.

bowhunter · **Joined:** Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:01 am **Posts:** 147

As a kid I use to catch them at night off of our dock in shallow weedy water (2-3 ft) with a black jitterbug. This was in Stoco Lake

meat sticks · **Joined:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:39 pm **Posts:** 30

horsehunter wrote:

For many years the official term in Ontario and the way they were listed in the regulations was "Yellow Pickerel ( Dore)" and I am too old to change and don't care if Dore is spelled wrong. I couldn't find the accent on the keyboard. If people from the Excited States want to call them Walleye that's up to them and if it makes you feel good you do it too.

Agreed! Mericans, and would be mericans can call them whatever they want. This is Canada, they are pickerel! Same as partridge. I wish the would be biologists would keep out of it, and go south of the border for their grouse hunting and walleye fishing! As for top water, I have never caught a pickerel that way, but have caught numerous picks in 2-3 feet of water in the slop while bass fishing with a spinnerbait or jig and grub.

Grizzly · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2014 5:31 am

meat sticks wrote:

horsehunter wrote:

For many years the official term in Ontario and the way they were listed in the regulations was "Yellow Pickerel ( Dore)" and I am too old to change and don't care if Dore is spelled wrong. I couldn't find the accent on the keyboard. If people from the Excited States want to call them Walleye that's up to them and if it makes you feel good you do it too.

Agreed! Mericans, and would be mericans can call them whatever they want. This is Canada, they are pickerel! Same as partridge. I wish the would be biologists would keep out of it, and go south of the border for their grouse hunting and walleye fishing! As for top water, I have never caught a pickerel that way, but have caught numerous picks in 2-3 feet of water in the slop while bass fishing with a spinnerbait or jig and grub.

This is some funny sheet right here lol . hey meathead you do realize the guy who made this post is a Canadian and the guy who made first post calling it a pick is also a Canadian...and I do believe everyone except me who has posted on this tread is CANADIAN..... so when exactly did this become an MERICAN thing ? lol and you do know there is a difference between a Hungarian partridge and a ruffed grouse, and a spruce grouse right? lmao ..... too funny. just busting yer balls buddy ... if you ask me its a dam fish I don't care what you call it .. signed.... everyone's favorite immigrant , grizz

culp · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:19 am

Is the OP asking about top water fishig for Sander vitreus or a fish from the Esox family ?????
Arguing over a common name is incredibly senseless and thats why we have scientific names.

fisheater · **Joined:** Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:08 pm **Posts:** 62

mammaries or boobs
scientific eh.? :roll:

Swiftdeer · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 7:05 am

Seems we are getting a little off topic here again. Honestly, if you ask the fish, they probably don't care what you call them, and I just call them fun and tasty. While I have not taken them on any top water lure, the closest I have come is a neutrally buoyant frog that probably sits just about a foot underwater in the early morning and early evening fishing out front of my cottage on adolphus reach. Gotta say the best frogs by far that I have found that never seem to let me down are those made by banjo minnow (anyone remember those infomercials? well on a whim I had bought some when I came across them when first released here in Canada and haven't looked back- they stock my tacklebox- they work well on all species- downfall is the good ones are not available here). Anyway, that's the closest I have come to a true top water catch for them.
All the best.

steve-hamilton · **Joined:** Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:40 am **Posts:** 1776

swiftdeer, these frogs?

http://www.banjominnowstore.com/Store/c ... -frog.aspx

Swiftdeer · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 7:50 pm

Hey Steve Hamilton,

Yep those are thw ones, I prefer the rootbeer ones, and the floating white ones-bass and pike hammer them, so do eyes, perch, crappie, rock bass, bowfin...also need the corkscrew that attach to the hooks. Anything else just pm me. Cheers, Jon.
It really sucks they are not available here.

rtkman · **Joined:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:28 am **Posts:** 528

I also dont give a rats a$$ what you call them. I caught a couple on Jitterbugs a couple years ago on one of the Twin Sisters lakes. I had never even heard of Pickerel/Walleye biting topwater until then. They were hitting it hard too. It was pretty cool.

fisheater · **Joined:** Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:08 pm **Posts:** 62

got those rubber baits years ago work on everything fished for . as for what we call them doesn't matter they are fun & tasty!

culp · **Posted:** Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:21 am

fisheater wrote:

mammaries or boobs
scientific eh.? :roll:

Its really the ONLY way to explain exactaly what species (of any living thing) your talking about without confustion so yes scientific.

littledog · **Posted:** Mon Mar 24, 2014 8:11 am

CULP WROTE....Its really the ONLY way to explain exactaly what species (of any living thing) your talking about without confustion so yes scientific
CULP WROTE...Is the OP asking about top water fishig for Sander vitreus or a fish from the Esox family ?????
Arguing over a common name is incredibly senseless and thats why we have scientific names.

MY RESPONSE...I think everyone knows there is a long list of scientific names for various species.The problem is remembering names, that are often long and derived from Latin or Greek, is difficult (time consuming to memorize each one). The Nomenclature system was designed for scientists, by a scientist. I am a fisherman, not a biologist. Furthermore not every boat, or shore fisherman(women)carries around a computer with Google, or a textbook. Much easier(and no harm done) to call it a Walleye, Eye, Pickerel or whatever floats your boat,and throw a Zara Spook at it. :roll:

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