It has been a very long time since I've targeted or caught pickerel, but I always used to catch them on baitfish imitations. I can't remember if I ever got one on the fly rod, but the spinning rod pickerel used to be on a slug-go (soft plastic) or rapalas. They're ambush predators, and will take just about anything a bass would take. I seem to remember the flashier the better for pickerel, so maybe try tying up some clousers with extra flash. They're almost always smaller than pike and musky (a 5 lb pickerel is VERY big, and the world record is around 9 lbs), but their teeth are still sharp. You don't NEED a steel leader, but I'd definitely consider a beefy shock tippet - maybe 20 lb. test, checked carefully after every fish.
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 1:09 PM, samuel newcomer <samuelnewcomer@gmail.com> wrote:
Any thoughts on flies for these bad boys?Seems like they are normally smaller than most pike/ musky. So medium bass poppers/ deer hair type flies in darker winter colors?
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