Murphy said the yellow perch, pickerel and bass are biting ... More: Cold winter brings traditional ice fishing contest back ...

In New Jersey, Massachusetts, and eastern Pennsylvania the pickerel fishing is great. Some of the brackish tidewater rivers in the Chesapeake Bay region are full of chainsides. The exception to ...

More: Ice fishermen pull in pickerel, perch as New Jersey lakes freeze up Need a break ... and overall slow fishing very few people have been coming down to the docks to board the boat.

There are plenty of places for ice fishing in New Jersey, but Lake Hopatcong ... four-ounce chain pickerel, enough to place third and get $67. Nieves, 61, who grew up in nearby Dover, said ...

Here, the zones are at the entrance to New York harbor and ... Murphy said fishermen have been fishing the shallow coves and picking away at the perch and pickerel.

So, don’t tuck the long rod away until spring just yet. If you’ve never taken a crack at these underdogs, here’s how to catch pickerel in winter. During an ice fishing trip years ago, a buddy aimed an ...