What he found astounded him. A big chain pickerel had tried to eat a gizzard shad almost half its size. The shad was lodged, head first, in the pickerel’s mouth. Because of the shad’s dorsal ...

That would be the chain pickerel, a smaller cousin to the northern ... Slowly rolled spinner baits or soft swim baits can work as well. Other anglers choose to use various spoons and in-line ...

The peak angling times for trout, shad and crappie bass are over ... Mountain lakesthat also deserves some respect – the chain pickerel. Not only is it relatively easy to catch, making it ...