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 ...

The odds were against landing the big, toothy fish on the setup Matt Born had chosen, but he locked in and played the fish ...

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, ...

Back in 1845, when Henry David Thoreau first moved to Massachusetts’ Walden Pond to confront the essential facts of life, one such encounter involved chain pickerel. The philosopher got all gushy over ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a contingent of rockfish chasers continue brave winter’s chill with good results, some of us have turned our casts toward chain pickerel, a ferocious-looking fish with a toothy grin the Grinch ...