JR wrote in message ...
Joel Axelrad wrote:

Only the nutty Canadians call Walleye -
Pickerel.
A Walleye is a giant member of the perch family.
A Pickerel is a mini member of the Pike family.

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, in reference to
Stizostedion vitreum, not Esox variants. "Walleyed pike" was probably
the original term, with walleyed meaning bulging eyes, so "walleye"
also stems from an incorrect identification. You took the front half
of "walleyed pike" and we took the back half of the name. Who's
correct? The French-Canadian term of "doré" at least has no
misinformation in it. More and more Canadian fishing TV personalities
and writers are adopting "walleye" along with calling everything on
the end of one's line, a "bait". The usage of pickerel as meaning
walleye, has largely disappeared in Southern Ontario but here in
Northern Ontario, only the visiting Yankees call it a walleye.

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