Pickerel

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fishallday420
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2010/08/14 17:48:11 (permalink)

Pickerel

What is the best time and bait for pickerel catching? I love the fight these guys offer but only get the experience once in a bluemoon. How can i catch more pickerel!?
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    clearwater
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    RE: Pickerel 2010/08/15 11:20:59 (permalink)
    have no idea where ur located but Duman Lake in cambria county has a pretty good number of them. wouldnt drive 2hrs to fish it but if u live near it or are in the area it might be worth a try.

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    jon_e_si
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    RE: Pickerel 2010/08/15 18:19:38 (permalink)
    My best experiences with pickerel and pike is early in the morning (until about 10am) and later in the afternoon (4:30 -5pm) after the wind dies down they seem to go on a feed. I think the brighter sun effects their vision, shuts them down, and drives them deeper. Minnows (big), spoons (Daredevil, Williams, Pixie - with an erratic retrieve), spinners and plugs all work well when they feed! Caught some big ones (pickeral & pike) in Henderson Harbor, NY and Caroga Lake! Good Luck!
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    fishallday420
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    RE: Pickerel 2010/08/17 16:44:31 (permalink)
    Yea i guess i should of included that i live in orange county, ny. About 50 miles north of manhattan.  I'd be willing to drive bout an hour for a nice session so any one kno somewhere close to that?
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    jon_e_si
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    RE: Pickerel 2010/08/18 07:46:37 (permalink)
    If I lived that close to the "Big Apple", I'd drive north on the Northway to the Adirondaks for some quality time and "fish all day"! Tight lines!
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    RE: Pickerel 2010/08/18 11:40:32 (permalink)
    I fish for pickerel when I visit my father in Virginia.........my best lure was a 1/6 oz, silver body, silver blade, red hackle rooster tail..........at the end of the day those spinners would be shaped into an L

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    RE: Pickerel 2010/08/18 15:27:53 (permalink)
    I fish the Pocono area and do well on small spinner baits. Strike King Micro 1/8 oz made for crappies. They love them, but anything flashey will do. Work the weed bed egdes, just like you do for bass. They will nail a bass fly on the surface to, to one on a mega diver and my 5wt.
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    RE: Pickerel 2010/08/21 08:35:01 (permalink)
    the allegany river has loads and loads of them, they are just like northern pike, they will eat a cigarette butt if you move it infront of thier face... super easy to catch just make sure you got some pliers
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