Re: NANFA-- pickerel/pike ident.

Ty (tyhall_at_mia.net)
Sat, 28 Apr 2001 06:11:28 -0500

The best way I know of is the brown line that extends down from the eye, kind of
like a tear stain. Only the Pickerel have it. I'm not sure how early it shows up.

Ty

NATURNUT_at_aol.com wrote:

> hello everyone,
> Does anyone know how to tell grass pickerel from other larger esox
> species? Particularly young northern pike. I need to know the difference so I
> don't start with what I thought was a small grass pickerel, and have it grow
> to 30", being a chain pick, or northern pike.Thanks, I would appreciate that.
> >__Dan
>
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