chain pickerel
chain pike
Esox niger

The chain pickerel has a distinctive dark chain-like pattern on its greenish sides.

The average size for chain pickerel, however, is 24 inches and 3 pounds.

(The average chain pickerel caught by fishermen is under 2 pounds).

The chain pickerel is a popular sport fish.

As far as the writer knows, his father never fished for chain pickerel.

A chain pickerel, on a good day, nails eighty per cent of the fish it goes after.

Largemouth bass and chain pickerel are common and appear at least moderately fished.

The most common species are large-mouth bass, small mouth bass, chain pickerel and brown trout.

The lake's principal fisheries are brown trout, smallmouth bass, white perch, and chain pickerel.

The lake is open for winter fishing of chain pickerel by holders of a general fishing license.