Chain pickerel are a nuisance. At least that’s how a lot of bass anglers think of them. Throughout their huge range, pickerel share many of the same waters as largemouth and smallmouth bass and are ...

I’ve been a fan of chain pickerel since I was a kid. That’s largely because where I grew up there weren’t any pike and even though there were some muskie haunts, those fish felt too unattainable. As ...

A Virginia man caught a fish that’s so rare, it was recognized by state wildlife officials. Retired veteran John Byrd, of Bowling Green, Virginia, reeled in an 11.5-inch blue-mouth chain pickerel from ...

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 ...

CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. — A man in Caroline County was surprised by the bright blue color of a fish he reeled in. It turned out the fish was a chain pickerel with a rare mutation. "I'd never seen that ...

In the hierarchy of Esox, the chain pickerel sits squarely at the bottom both literally and figuratively. Compared to their big cousins, the pike and muskie, they don’t get much love despite being ...

The older I get the more I prefer the company of fish to most people. And this time of year, I like to get reacquainted with a longtime piscatorial friend, the chain pickerel. I was first introduced ...