Slime dart and a slob

[Rybazłapać]

A slob for me at least. 19 inches 3 1/2 lbs. Pickerel measured 20 inches and looked pretty healthy except for a wound on its side that looked similar to the wounds I saw on some of the pics of bass caught last year by some of the guys on this site. Anyway both were caught pretty close to shore and there was a lot of ruckus going on along the shoreline and weed beds. There was also a small bass spinning in its bed ten feet in front of me keeping me company.

[Rybazłapać]

Pic of the pick.

[bigfishy]

nice pic pic

[ATH1089]

Are the wounds up by the spine on the pickerel? It looks almost like the back set of talons on an osprey or some such bird. There is a breeding pair at my local pond that catch more fish than I do.

[Rybazłapać]

It was one circular wound about dead center on the side kinda like a leach latched onto it.

[NorthJerzyG]

Couple nice fish!!

Last pickerel I caught had some damage too. I was assuming it was some war wounds from spawning? Looked pretty bad but she hit hard, fought well, and swam away strong.....