Caught a new pickerel for the 125 today

[evilxyardxgnome]

You should add some top cover to make it feel more secure.

 

[GetInMahBellay]

Yep nice chain what do you feed it dace?

 

[xiahaolong168]

I believe it is a pickerel, they look so much like gars!

 

[AttackFish]

IMO, its a Grass pickerel.

 

[BLACK ICE]

You guys its a chain! grass and red fin pickerel have kinda like broken or marbled vertical stripe like pattern and chains have a horizontal chain like pattern hence the name chain and yes chains can be found further south and can tolerate warmer water than grass

 

[BLACK ICE]

The first pic is a chain. The second is a grass. the third is a redfin.

 

[soggysandwich]

The first pic is a chain. The second is a grass. the third is a redfin.

yeah its for sure a chain. chains grow largest of the three

 

[demjor19]

You guys its a chain! grass and red fin pickerel have kinda like broken or marbled vertical stripe like pattern and chains have a horizontal chain like pattern hence the name chain and yes chains can be found further south and can tolerate warmer water than grass

i agree! not to mention grass pickerel and redfin pickerel dont get that big...not that i have ever seen or heard of anyway. nice chain pickerel!

 

[Duckman77]

Definitely a chain pickerel.

 

[WRS24]

My best guess is that the fish is around 10 to 12 inches. And yes im feeding it dace im trying to give it enough dace so it will stay away from the young sunfish but hes already eaten three sunfish and who knows how many dace. It really suprised me when it ate within a few hours of being put in the tank. Im hoping to get some larger tank mates, theyll have to be bigger than his mouth. Any suggestions?