![]() The majority of the year pickerel can be located in shallow bays with vegetation or stumps. Other waters that have excellent fisheries include Swartswood Lake, Lake Hopatcong, Cranberry Lake, and Lake Lenape. Many old cranberry bogs in the Pinelands have excellent chain pickerel fisheries. This gamefish is one of few that are able to tolerate the low pH (acidic) waters associated with the Pine Barrens. They will often resemble a small torpedo going through the water, making a wake behind your bait.Ĭhain pickerel are a very adaptable species living in a wide range of habitats throughout the state. This can produce some excellent topwater action in the late spring and early summer. Chain pickerel are ambush predators that will follow lures for short distances with great bursts of speed. ![]() This species is in the same family as the muskellunge and northern pike and look very similar, though chain pickerel do not grow as large.Ĭhain pickerel are an excellent species to target during the early spring, due to their preference for cooler water. ![]() Like bass they prefer areas with vegetative and woody cover. ![]() The chain pickerel can be found in very similar locations as largemouth bass. ![]()
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