First pickerel on the fly (walleye for youse 'mericuns)
 

I catch them fairly frequently in the Wisconsin R. near my house. The
first one I ever hooked was such an exciting fighter that I honestly
tought I had hooked a glob of green algae instead. By the way that was
a nice fish, Peter. Its hard to catch a fish near my place that
exceeds the 14" minimum size limit. Anything bigger gets et by the
locals as soon as it cracks the legal barrier and I'm sure more than
one 13" fish gets a little chiropractic stretching done to it before
it goes on the stringer.

I used to catch zander (slightly larger European cousin to the walleye)
on the fens in the UK. Used Frank's Fightin' Craw to great effect.
That and steamers. They were considered a trash fish.

--
Frank Reid
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First pickerel on the fly (walleye for youse 'mericuns)
 

I used to catch zander (slightly larger European cousin to the walleye)
That and steamers. They were considered a trash fish.

Make that "streamers."
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Frank Reid
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First pickerel on the fly (walleye for youse 'mericuns)
 

Frank Reid wrote:
I catch them fairly frequently in the Wisconsin R. near my house. The
first one I ever hooked was such an exciting fighter that I honestly
tought I had hooked a glob of green algae instead. By the way that was
a nice fish, Peter. Its hard to catch a fish near my place that
exceeds the 14" minimum size limit. Anything bigger gets et by the
locals as soon as it cracks the legal barrier and I'm sure more than
one 13" fish gets a little chiropractic stretching done to it before
it goes on the stringer.


I used to catch zander (slightly larger European cousin to the walleye)
on the fens in the UK. Used Frank's Fightin' Craw to great effect. That
and steamers. They were considered a trash fish.



It's interesting how different cultures value fishes differently. In
Wisconsin and Minnesota, Walleyes are very highly valued. Almost
universally in the States, Carp are regarded as trash fish but in other
countries they're very highly valued.

Willi

First pickerel on the fly (walleye for youse 'mericuns)
 

"Peter Charles" wrote

Yes, all that's clear. The question was, if Canadians call walleye
pickerel, what do they call pickerel?

JR

And before I get jumped on, the etymology of pickerel is "little
pike". :)

Some Canadian fishing writers have made it clear that our usage of
pickerel is incorrect, but still, it is part of our fishing history.
We have numerous place names with "Pickerel" in them,

And since I'm still in Northern Ontario at this moment . . . . it's a
PICKEREL!!! :)))

is it just me, or does anyone agree that looking at the word "pickerel"
repeated dozens of times in a ten minute period has the same approximate
effect on the human nervous system as a full hit of blotter acid?

yfitons
wayno (concerned in carolina)

First pickerel on the fly (walleye for youse 'mericuns)
 

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 22:32:30 GMT, "Wayne Harrison"
wrote:

(snipped)

is it just me, or does anyone agree that looking at the word "pickerel"
repeated dozens of times in a ten minute period has the same approximate
effect on the human nervous system as a full hit of blotter acid?


Now that you mention it...

But then neither has ever had any appreciable effect on me. I still
like pikerel, walleyed pike, northern pike, etc., though.

Cyli
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