06-25-09, 01:53 PM | #1 |
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Where can I catch pickeral in Florida?
I remember it like it was yesterday, we were at our local park's pond with just a sliver of the sun left in the sky. On this particular day we had purchased a 10 dollar fly rod set and were testing it out, after a bream or 2 and the last bit of sun was all but gone we got small strike, something had scooped the lure right off the surface. "I got a bass this time." Said my Dad, and he set the hook my Dad related to us that this one was bigger than he originally thought And then-SPLASH-the pointed head of a pickerel breached the surface-translucent fins lit by the fading sun and shining scales left no doubt In our minds we had hooked into a pickerel! (quite elusive in our region.) Unfortunately we never even got to play this fish for the tippets that came with the rod were quite possibly -1 pound test.
No one ever said I couldn't tell A good fish story. Anyway does anyone no where I can catch pickerel in Florida? I have never seen another pickerel in Florida and I'm not exactly sure how fishing for them differ from bass. Can anyone help me catch this rare to Florida species?
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06-25-09, 02:25 PM | #2 |
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I have caught them using a blue/chrome rattle trap, not on purpose. I was fishing for the often sought after , seldom caught , LARGEMOUTH BASS. Naturally it was during a tournament on lake Arbuckle ( central Florida ) . Had 4 keepers and a few dinks. Trying to get that last keeper to fill out the limit. Kept on catching pickeral.....oh well it was fun, and I finished fourth , in the money.....Good luck
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06-25-09, 02:38 PM | #3 |
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06-25-09, 02:59 PM | #4 |
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Aw, c'mon Anthony, leave him alone, he's just a kid.
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06-25-09, 03:07 PM | #5 |
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oh, you're just jealous cause I beat ya to it!
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06-25-09, 08:24 PM | #6 |
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That's alright, BigBassin144 just had trouble with his readin' comprehension. He thought the kid was askin' him where he took a bath.
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06-25-09, 09:00 PM | #7 |
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I fished a lot of ponds on golf coarses in my days down there and got few here and there. Mostly on live frogs..
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i get a lot of them on flukes, spinnerbaits and the likes , even on crank baits , you can catch them on senkos as well but with the way their mouth is shaped it is a tuff hookset .
The point being they will hit anything that you already own to fish for bass as towards finding them in your state I would check the deps website i know CT lists the name of the lake or pond and what species you can expect to find in the body of water . And get a good set of pliers the are a bit toothy . Jim
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