Some call them a nuisance, I call them alot of fun!

[Fishinfire]

Took the dog for our morning walk. Todays choice of jig:

Storm Curly Tail

Color: Fire Tiger

Water: Slightly stained

Technique: slow reel along the deeper shoreline of the tow path keeping it iust off the bottom.

Result: Approximately 18" pickerel with another smaller one that shook free at my feet.

Didn't have my phone with me so no pic.

Catchem up!

[Chrisper4694]

As long as they don't cut my line or get in my way while I'm in a bass contest I don't mind them hahaha

[xDirty]

i like catching pickerel as well. Never understood how some people want to catch a northern pike or a musky but hate the southern pike, aka the pickerel.

its funny i was down the street today on the raritan trying to catch some small mouth with no luck. I probably would have seen you had I went further down.

[Fishinfire]

Running into me is not hard to do! Like I said, whether its a coiple minutes or a couple hours, I wet a line basically every day! (Living across from the D&R has its benefits!)

[calbo]

Haven't fished for them or caught any for several years but as a youth caught some in the Raritan and used to eat them - fried and pickled. Would occasionally catch them when bass fishing. Enjoyed them and never thought they were a nuisance.

[Fred E. Goose]

Beats getting the skunk, like I did today. Actually, I like 'em. They're a voracious predator. I grew up camping in the pine barrens and it's a big fishery down there. What I DON'T get is how the same people who consider them a nuisance all year go and consider them trophies on the ice?