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The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) all-tackle world record chain pickerel is a 4.25 kg (9.4 lb) fish, caught in Homerville, Georgia on February 17, 1961 by angler Baxley McQuaig, Jr., while the IGFA all-tackle length world record is 65 centimetres (26 in) long, caught in Henderson Harbor, Lake Ontario, New York on November 4, 2019 ...
A young E. lucius specimen — a "chain pickerel" in the original sense — in an aquarium.. The generic name Esox (pike fish) derives from the Greek ἴσοξ (ee-soks, a large fish) and appears to be cognate with Celtic, Welsh eog and Irish Gaelic iasc (fish), as well as alpine Gaulic *esosk which is consistent with the original indoeuropean root for the common word for fish, *pei(k)sk.
The American pickerel (Esox americanus) is a medium-sized species of North American freshwater predatory fish belonging to the pike family. [2] The genus Esox is placed in family Esocidae in order Esociformes). Two subspecies are sometimes recognised: Redfin pickerel, sometimes called the brook pickerel, E. americanus americanus Gmelin, 1789 ...
J. F. Gmelin, 1789. The redfin pickerel (Esox americanus americanus) is a subspecies of freshwater fish belonging to the pike family (Esocidae) of the order Esociformes. Not to be confused with its close relatives, the grass pickerel and the chain pickerel, this fish is unique in the fact that it has brightly colored red fins. [2]
The common shiner is a freshwater fish found in North America. Adults inhabit rocky pools in small to medium rivers. They can live to be approximately 6 years old. [4] They are considered sexually mature by 7.4 centimetres (2.9 in). [4] Breeding males have a pinkish tint over most of their body and small bumps or tubercles on their head.
Lake Ronkonkoma holds large bass but locating them is a challenge due to the scarcity of natural structure to attract these fish. Chain pickerel are extremely rare. In the last two decades, white perch and yellow perch populations have increased to the point of upsetting the ecological balance of the lake.
Conquerall Mills is dominated by Fancy Lake which is the source for the picturesque Petite Rivière. Fancy Lake is home to small mouth bass and the invasive species of chain pickerel. There are warnings against fishing the endangered Atlantic White fish which are rumoured to exist in the Fancy Lake/Petite Rivière system.
Hancock Brook. Hancock Brook is an east-bank tributary to the Saco River at Hiram, Maine. The brook originates in eastern Denmark and flows through a chain of ponds along the border between Hiram and Sebago. [ 1] The narrow-gauge Bridgton and Saco River Railroad was built along the brook in 1882, and operated until 1941.