Grass Pickerel

This is a grass pickeral. The pickeral is related to the Musky and Pike family.

They rarely grow over twelve inches long. An adult grass pickerel could mistaken for a small pike or musky.

A grass pickeral has scaling covering it's cheecks and gill covers. Their backs are greenish to grayish, and they have lighter dusty vertical streaks. Their bellies are whiteish yellow. They also have a black bar unser their white eyes.

They prefer marshy areas of ponds and lakes. They spawn in the spring usually around April and can also spawn in the fall. The pickeral eats few fish, due to it's size, but feasts on insects and crayfish.