Red Fin Pickerel

This is a Red Fin Pickeral.

The redfin is similar to the grass pickeral in appearance and size, except for it's red fins.

It prefers weedy areas and slow moving streams as well as lakes and ponds. they can tolerate swampy waters and low oxygen waters. They spawn in the spring in the shallow waters under vegetation. The eggs hatch within about 2 weeks.

Unlike larger pikes, the redfin does not include fish as their primary diet. They eat small crustations, crayfish, insects, and others such as tadpoles.

Their small size and shallow water habitats is why they eat so few fish.