Pickerel Lake Fishing Spot

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Pickerel Lake Baits and Tackle

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • Caught using a yellow haired caddis ~#16 size.
  • Caught on a yellow sally size 14. Had a bite using a yellow and red streamer.
  • Used a tan caddis #14 or so size. Such a small fish, probably not even worth recording, but oh well at least got something. Took quick photo and let em go.
  • Yellow drakes and orange/yellow sulfers.

Nymph Check Prices

  • A cross between a pheasant tail and a copper jack.
  • Nymphs, muddler minnows, and black ghosts all returned results
  • Green nymphs worked well.

    Also had luck with white streamers, muddler minnows, and zonkers.
  • Green bh nymph

Streamer Check Prices

  • We had the most luck fishing with muddler minnows and black ghosts. Also had success using green and white wholly buggers. Stay below the surface this time of year. Blue winged olives and other mayflies could be a good option as well.

Wet Fly Check Prices

  • Wolly bugger, orange

Crankbait Check Prices

  • kvd black chartreuse squairbill
  • kvd

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Black/white spin-fly
  • I caught mine on a mepps #5 rainbow trout spinner, and cloud used a jointed rapala.
  • Thomas single blade gold spinner.

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • keitech 4" AYU
  • Keitech ayu

Creature Check Prices

  • Switched to the watermelon seed baby brush hawg

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • Stanley 1/4 oz jig head and net bait paca chunk in black trailer.

Pickerel Lake Description

6 bass limit only two allowed over 16 inches,bass management lake

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