The chain pickerel, a member of the pike family known for chain-like pattern on its greenish body, were in a biting mood for last Sunday's ice fishing contest on Lake Hopatcong, hosted by the Knee ...

After catching mostly largemouth bass for the better part of three hours, this fish felt different. The runs were deep, and when it changed direction it did so purposefully — steadfast in it ...

Little pickerel are a dime a dozen and easy to catch, but you want the big dog, and that takes a little more planning. Whether you’re camped out on the pond or live close to a soggy, boggy area, ...

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has announced that Matt Born, of Reedsville, has caught a new state record ...

It was windy and overcast, not the perfect day for offshore fishing. When the phone buzzed, I should have known it would be my fishing buddy, Capt. Butch Foster of Yeah Right Charters. “I had an ...

Although the traditional trout season is closed, anglers can take advantage of productive fall fishing opportunities for other noteworthy gamefish such as those in the esocid family, including ...

Given the chance, what well-rounded angler doesn’t enjoy a pickerel fishing sojourn whenever we get the chance? For all of its supposed menacing features — a snakish body all tatted up with ...

Pike, river pike, grass pike, jack, jackfish, eastern pickerel, chainsides, mud pickerel, black chain pike, duck-billed pike Description Chain pickerels are deep olive-green on the back, shading to a ...