1. pickerel - Noun
2. Pickerel - Proper noun
A young or small pike.
Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.
The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAmerican Midland Naturalists 160-1 (2008):96-109 * Lachance, S., "Report on the situation of the Redfin Pickerel, Esox americanus americanus, in Canada." Source: Internet
Monster lake trout, pike and pickerel lure anglers to northern lodges every summer, but it appeared some of those fish were off the hook when the pandemic closures hit Manitoba. Source: Internet
Winnipeg, Manitoba, considers the walleye (referred to locally as "pickerel") its most important local fish. Source: Internet
We were camped on Pickerel Lake near the northeast edge of Quetico Park in mid-August 1978, twenty-one years before the Great Blowdown of July 4th, 1999. Source: Internet
The two subspecies are very similar, but the grass pickerel lacks the redfin's distinctive orange to red fin coloration, its fins having dark leading edges and amber to dusky coloration. Source: Internet
Winter anglers can catch a variety of fish while ice fishing, primarily perch, sunfish, pickerel, northern pike, and walleye. Source: Internet