[ pickerel ]
[ northern pike ]
Patty and I had five days of fishy bliss on Pushaw Lake a few weeks ago. We caught oodles of big strong pickerel, a few smallies, several largemouth, some good perch and one northern pike. The northern was pretty easy to distinguish from the pickerel. The native pickerel is vibrant green and yellow with a distinctive chain-link pattern and a scaly cheek. The invasive northern was greyish green with short white lines on his side and a fleshy cheek. We did our part to keep the northern pike out of the lake so the one I caught is taking a nice long dirt nap. The northern was interesting but the big angling news was Sarah catching her very first fish. I was mighty proud. She also got her line snapped by a nasty pickerel. She was distraught about losing the lure. Then a few casts later I happened to catch a nasty pickerel with the very same lost rooster tail hanging from his mouth. That was a first. A great week of fishing at one of my favorite fisheries.
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