Pickerel in south west mo

[bfishn]

Distant cousins of Zebulon Pike...

[Johnsfolly]

4 hours ago, Chief Grey Bear said:

Has anybody here looked at a map? 

The man asked about SWMO and every answer but two was for SEMO. 

Good answer Ronnie and Dale.

Chief I missed the SW part of the title and focused on his statement about finding any kind of pickerel in southern MO. I gave him the rivers that I felt that with some travel would likely be his best bet to encounter and land pickerel in the state. He and I have talked about the grass pickerel in Crane creek before. Not sure that they are consistently found in the upper reaches of that creek. I don't know enough about that creek once it runs below the trout fishing access points to know if the grass pickerel are more plentiful downstream.

Now if he wanted to tangle with possible futility there are musky in Fellows lake😌!

[Chief Grey Bear]

1 hour ago, Johnsfolly said:

Chief I missed the SW part of the title and focused on his statement about finding any kind of pickerel in southern MO. I gave him the rivers that I felt that with some travel would likely be his best bet to encounter and land pickerel in the state. He and I have talked about the grass pickerel in Crane creek before. Not sure that they are consistently found in the upper reaches of that creek. I don't know enough about that creek once it runs below the trout fishing access points to know if the grass pickerel are more plentiful downstream.

Now if he wanted to tangle with possible futility there are musky in Fellows lake😌!

Yeah I know an ol boy that chases those mythical muskies in Fellows religiously. 

Not even a strike. 😆😆

[Gavin]

Musky are not hard to catch...You just have to go were musky are (NW Wisconsin & Minnesota). I don't think that Chain pickerel are common anywhere in SWMO....Do you catch any near you Chief? 

 

[Chief Grey Bear]

 Ronnie  and I have talked about chasing them over here a few times.  We just haven't done it yet.  I think they are somewhat common in Crane.  I have fished it 1000 times and never caught one.  But I have never been targeting the waters of that creek that they inhibit.  And I have only been there during the winter. 

 I did talk to Tim a few years ago about fishing for them in Crane.  He gave me some great information I just can't remember what all it was.  I believe he catches them quite often.

 I will pass your musky info along to Harps.  I think that may be exactly what he is doing wrong.😂😂

[fishinwrench]

Caught a bunch in the canals of Okeechobee, but have never been very fascinated with them, kind of a nuisance.  We cooked a couple of them up one night and they tasted just like the crappie and bluegill they were fried with.  Clean fillets though, not as much like Pike as I expected.

[Harps]

5 hours ago, Chief Grey Bear said:

Yeah I know an ol boy that chases those mythical muskies in Fellows religiously. 

Not even a strike. 😆😆

That's not true.😎

[Harps]

16 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

Those backwaters are the spot. And they love inline spinners. 

I’ve often wondered if there are pickerel in Pickerel Creek. 

There might be if it had water in it.

[Flysmallie]

27 minutes ago, Harps said:

There might be if it had water in it.

?????

[Chief Grey Bear]

Look like a new destiny