Kids caught this in the creek. It’s long, skinny and slick like a trout.
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Kids caught this in the creek. It’s long, skinny and slick like a trout.
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Jack
Looks like a jack (chain pickerel).
Jack fish
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American Pickerel
Interesting. Never seen one before that I can recall.
Red fin pike. I’ve only seen them in small black water rivers and creeks. They only get about 10-12 inches. Look just like a small jack fish.
Last edited by thunderchicken; 01-04-2022 at 02:24 PM.
Will plumb eat up a red Mepps spinner…. They eat good too but have some bones
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Not a jackfish. Jackfish are known as chain pickerel for a reason...
Chain or redfin pickerel..... Small blackwater round here with redbreast.
Will hammer small spinners like mepps or rooster tail on ultralight.
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I guess it depends on what part of the state you’re from.
Growing up in my area they were always “Redfin pike.”
But their proper name is, like JAB said, chain pickerel.
Great to eat if you can find em about a foot long.
Four Holes swamp is covered in em, and they’re a sucker for any kind of spinner, or curly tail crappie grub.
Be proactive about improving public waterfowl habitat in South Carolina. It's not going to happen by itself, and our help is needed. We have the potential to winter thousands of waterfowl on public grounds if we fight for it.
They make good bass bait. 20-25 years ago we caught some under a railroad trestle and took them to the Black River and had a whole lot of fun putting them on a hook and watching the line make a run for the bank when they tried to get away from the bass. The bass would flat tear them up.
Redfin Pickerel (Esox americanus) and Chain Pickerel (Esox niger) are two different species. What I've always heard called a Jackfish is a Chain Pickerel. I think Grass Pickerel is just a subspecies of Redfin Pickerel but without the red fins. Thunderchick is right, I've only seen redfin in black water...
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