Most people think of the chain pickerel as a little cousin of the pike and muskie, and therefore, the smallest member of the Esox family. But that’s not accurate.

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 ...

Anyway, it surely won’t stop one of our native Esox species that remains active throughout the winter months, ice or not. That would be the chain pickerel, ...

The chain pickerel (Esox niger), hereafter pickerel, is a native littoral fish predator across their range, and heavily exploits alewife as prey in New England lakes.

While chain pickerel don't get exceptionally large — the average weight is two to four pounds and the world record is a 9-pound, 6-ounce specimen caught in 1961 from Georgia's Guest Millpond ...

In Bedford Hills, N. Y., one blazing summer day, Emil Schoor fished a handsome little pickerel from Cross River Reservoir. When a game warden stretched his tape along its belly four hours later ...

Friday was National Go Fishing Day and the debate over the proper name for the pickerel or walleye fish has started once again. It seems it depends on which side of the border you live on.