I grew up watching Wild Kingdom and Wild America in the 70s . Animal documentaries are in my DNA. 😁

Thank you so much for your continued support and encouragement. It's very much appreciated.♥ ♥ ♥

@@TheDave333 once I find a channel that provides what I enjoy…as you do, I am loyal to the end. You take time and effort to create and to communicate, you deserve to know that you and your efforts are appreciated.🖤🇨🇦

As are yours 🌍

Nice story of compassion. Amazing little fish. 😁

Nice. I would have thought that it would have been hard to temporarily raise them in captivity due to their specific environmental requirements but I'm happy to hear that it ended well.. 🤝

You sir, are a fish.

And same bro. I know a quite a bit of fish species but I haven’t even heard of a chain pickerel until I played rdr2

Who said video games aren’t good

Ok. I loved this comment!! 🤣 IYKYK!

RDR2 Has given me much to be thankful for.

That's one lucky frog. :-D

Awesome. People seem to catch a lot of them ice fishing. I love Pickerel and Northern Pike, such great fighting fish.

@@TheDave333 i guess they really dont mind the cold as much as other predatory fish

Thank you so much.

Wow! What a great memory, thanks for sharing your experiences with me. More underwater videos are on the way. . . 🙂

Esox is the pike/Muskellunge family if I remember correctly.

"Snoek" remindes me of a Snook, a toothy pike-like saltwater fish in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

Thank you so much!

Thank you very much! I love being in the water, I can't wait to do more this summer.

@@TheDave333 That's a good pastime! Facing leeches is worth it for that matter. Thanks Dave for visiting a tiny channel such as mine and commenting! I'll keep an eye out for more of your content

My pleasure. Have a beautiful day.

Thank you so much, I love them as well! Thanks for watching the video. ❤

I appreciate that! Thank you.

Thanks 👍 It has its good days and its bad days. . .

They really are. I'm always get very excited when I find one. :-)

Thank you. It's a labor of love.

Thanks for watching the video and taking the time to leave a comment. It's a perfect summary of the video. I was afraid I was getting too deep!!!

Glad you like them! I love making them.

Swim the lake I am. . . So welcome you are.

You're very welcome, thanks for watching the video and taking the time to leave a comment.

Thank you so much 😀

No problem . . . it was a small price to pay.

You hate pickerel! That's madness! Do they keep stealing your bass bait? A lot of bass anglers don't like pickerel, especially in the southern U.S. I'm just curious as to why. . .

They like to tear through line and they like to eat the smaller fish I’m bringing in. Also they’re invasive where I live so… though I love our native pickerel such as Redfin and grass pickerel.

That's understandable. Thanks for explaining. 😊

What a great story! Thanks for sharing that. I'm not surprised!

Me too - you're welcome.

And now, you're hooked!!! I love em' they're built like rockets. . .

You're very welcome.

Thanks a lot 😊

Yes, it did! I try to put a little something for everyone in my videos. 😃

Simplest answer = I really love making them ! Devotion :-)

@@TheDave333 It shows.🖤🇨🇦

Thank you !

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching my videos, I love making them. ❤

Thanks a lot!

Thank you so much for watching the video and subscribing!!! I really appreciate it. 😀😀😀

Me too !

@@TheDave333 National Geographic or Smithsonian would be a good fit as well, or Secrets of Nature. You are every bit as skilled as their other camera people.🖤🇨🇦

Thank you so much. 🎥

Yeah, so my lure made it three total. Crazy appetites!

Hello again! They really are very similar fish. Thanks for watching another one of my videos!

You're very welcome!

They love areas with lots of aquatic plants. . . Leeches are no fun. My bites always itch like crazy.

​@@TheDave333, like mosquitos and vampire bats, leech saliva has an anticoagulant effect, and probably provokes a bit of an allergic reaction.

Thanks again!

Thank you so much. They're such amazing fish!

@@TheDave333 I have my annual trip arranged to First Eel Lake in New Brunswick, Canada on June 7-9 this year. Chain pickerel and SM Bass major game species in this lake. Lots of fun catching them ! Rented a cottage on the lake with 4 of my fishing buddies.

That sounds like an amazing fishing trip. A cottage on the lake. . . living the dream. 😁

Thank you for sharing the cooking technique. I'll have to give it a try.

I feel the same way. 😃

Thank you so much!

Awesome thanks

Yes, that's what you're seeing alright. What an odd plant to love. . . Ant particular reason for this love? 😁

thanks bro! 😁

Thanks!

They're like ghosts of the lake. I usually don't see them until I'm right on top of them and they decide to move. I love searching for them. They don't make it easy. . .

Glad you liked it!

thank you

Thank you!

Also thank you for suffering from leeches to get this footage

They're one of my favorites too! They do put up a great fight!

Beauty comes with a cost. . .

Cool! I love them as well, we have them in Illinois!

I love them too! Amazing fish. 😁

Thanks for watching the video. There are several different pickerel species, Grass Pickerel, Red Fin Pickerel, Chain Pickerel etc...

There will be more. . . Still waiting for the water to warm up. 🐠🦈🐟

lol I'd love to have a snakehead . . . Such cool fish! Unfortunately, they're illegal where I live, but if they keep spreading, I might be able to catch one in a local river!!!

@@TheDave333 Which state are you located? If they’re in your area you won’t have to wait long man. They spread like a virus!! They reproduce by the thousands and they’ll do it 2-3 times a year!! I live in south Jersey and I went from never hearing about them to we will never be able to get these fish out of our waters without killing everything in them

I'm in western Massachusetts, so not too far from you! I think they might be here already . . . They should put a bounty on them, like they do with pythons in the Everglades. . That might help. :-)

@@TheDave333 they’re supposed to be killed every time you catch one here and if they aren’t there they’ll be there bro the north east is where they thrive!!

Yeah, that sounds about right. Do they put up a good fight?

Thanks for watching the video. Any quality DSLR (digital single lens reflex) camera that takes both pictures and video would do the trick. These allow you to change the lens for macro work with tiny fry, or switch to a wide angle lens for capturing the whole fishroom. You'll want a 24 megapixel model. There are lots to choose from. (canon, nikon etc) You don't need 4 K video. Buy a good tripod. Good lenses can get pricey.

@@TheDave333 Thanks for the information your videos give me something to work towards. Many thanks again 🤓👍

my pleasure

Those big white clouds are called Metaphyton - it's a collection of algae, and other small creatures. . .

Really why ? lol !!! You and maybe one other person.

@@TheDave333 I usually get those clouds while using dry food to feed fry & juveniles. Always wondered if they can graze on it but never starved them to find out 😅 Also, it sounds cool and I'm curious to see what you'll present. =) Wonder who's the other person tho? 0:!

@ kruose I'm really looking forward to doing a complete tour of the lake. Wait till you see the miniature underwater forest of freshwater sponges!!! I'm just scratching the surface at the moment. Pun intended.

@@TheDave333 Woah!! Anticipating it! Hehehe, good pun, good pun xD Do take care on your adventures, we don't want you going under the weather. :D

Thanks for thinking of me, and you stay safe as well. 🙂

It was filmed in Massachusetts. Thanks for watching. :-)

They do put up a great fight. . . Love these fish.

Jackfish is a northern pike we call male pike Jack pike not a chain pickeral

​@calmck3164 well they are in the same family

@@ILoveFishinginWi Jack pike meaning male pike is a saying for small pike as male pike only go to around 7 pounds where as female can get to around 40 pounds so if you catch a small pike its likely a male so we say Jack pike.

@@calmck3164 oh ok

Hey, thanks!

Snorkeling. There's an underwater setting that I really like, unfortunately it does the color shift thing as the sunlight intensity changes. And there's no way to turn off the auto white balance in that setting. I'll have to do some tinkering. . . Thanks for the insight. :-)

Thanks 😅

Great idea! I've been meaning to go snorkeling at night again. . . I did it once a couple years ago, but my underwater light wasn't very bright. And I misplaced the footage. . . It's super spooky down there, and everyone thinks I'm crazy! I wasn't expecting it, but all the fish were sleeping sitting on the bottom, it was a very strange experience. Now, your comment has made me determined to do it again this summer.

@@TheDave333 Extremely interesting, it can't be quite spooky even in a canoe I can only imagine being in the water. There's always the off chance of snappers, I see a lot of these under water at night. They are more scared of us than we of them, however I've had some unintentional close encounters. Take a look at some of my shorts if you have a chance. I also love the epoxy luscious like you mentioned or atleast the pickerels. very elusive.

I'll have to check out some of your short videos. Have you seen my video on snapping turtles and painted turtles? There's some big ones in the lake, and they're quite docile, but at night it might be a different story!!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/md9mh6irx5-RYH0.html

​@@TheDave333, I've seen Snappers in New England that nearly rival a southern Alligator Snapper in size. Not something you want to tangle with! I saw a pair of them mating in the water once; From a distance it looked like a crocodile eating a bloated dead animal from underneath because all I could see was pale creamsicle orange underside of turtle rolling around, until I got closer and a couple of heads the size of melons popped up out of the water to look at me.

That's awesome! Congratulations! They put up a great fight!

@@TheDave333 ha yea they do. Plus I caught it on 6lb test. I caught it on video, I might post it later, I’ll tell you

Yes these pickerel are just a smaller version of northern pike :)

Yup, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, grass pickerel, chain pickerel, red fin pickerel, are all in the same family. . . Esocidae

@@TheDave333 I uploaded the video of me catching the pike. Also, I’ve never caught a pickerel either, that’s my next target.

Yes, I felt bad for the little guy too.

I have a full wet suit, but I usually just wear the top part, but they still seem to find their way in. I had one on my chest, once even though I was wearing a wet suit top. I just have to stay out of the vegetation.

Those are three beautiful things. 10 inches that's a big leech! Pickerel are real fighters. Love em'.

@@TheDave333 I had no idea that these were leeches. When they paused swimming they "coagulated" into creatures that resembled slugs. Only then did I realize they were leeches.

I would be the great Barracuda of course! I am The Dave for a reason . . . Plus those are the only ones that I've seen while snorkeling. 😁

​@@TheDave333, So why "The Dave"? BTW, one of my longtime favorite musicians (he passed away last year) was multi-instrumentalist David Lindley, whose fans referred to him as "Mr. Dave". From guitar and slide guitar to fiddle, banjo, the Greek bouzouki, the Turkish Saz and Oud, he could play anything with strings on it. Best known for his long association with Jackson Browne (he played the slide guitar on "Running On Empty"), he also played with Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Warren Zevon, Crosby/Nash, Ry Cooder and many others, led his own raucous rock-reggae band ElRayo-X in the 80's, and recorded with indigenous musicians in Madagascar, Norway, and elsewhere around the world. He was unique.

They can coexist just fine. Big bass will eat little pickerel if they can catch them, and vice versa.

Also Chain Pickerel are usually most active in the winter when Largemouth are least active.

That's a good point. Thanks.

Massachusetts

@@TheDave333 From NJ, nice video, and go Red Sox!

@@TheDave333 Are those bluegill sunfish too?

Eventually, yes. I rarely see them at the lake, but I see a lot in the rivers.

It is a game for me. They always see me before I see them!!!

Me too! They have similar body shapes, because they hunt in similar ways. They both rely on speed. Water rockets!

​@@TheDave333, or freshwater mackerel, perhaps; like little torpedos they are! Growing up on Long Island Sound we used to fish for mackerel in the spring with "Christmas-tree" rigs, and after we filled up a garbage can full of them (mostly to freeze and use for bait later in the season) we would break out the light-tackle trout rods and catch some more of them just for fun. Catching mackerel on a light rod with 4 pound test line is a blast!

Never fished for mackerel, but it does sound like fun!

@@TheDave333 , on Long Island Sound, our favorite fish for introducing kids to fishing was "snapper" blues, baby bluefish 8 to 10 inches long. They hang out in large schools in tidal creeks in the late summer to early fall,, especially underneath small bridges and narrow breakwater channels where the tide moves quickly; they go nuts for minnows, and will hit a wide variety of small shiny spinners and spoon-like lures, such as Kastmasters and similar (a Phoebe is good, and an Al's Goldfish is the best of them all). They'll even hit streamer flies, for flyfishermen! When they're really feeding, you'll catch fish after fish, on almost anything. Kids will love it! Cut the heads halfway off and pull, and the guts come right out. Flour and deep-fry, and eat by nibbling around the bone. Not as oily or strong tasting as adult bluefish. They also make great bait for bluegrass, for stripers, and for larger bluefish.

I wish!!! Too far from the ocean . . .

Ahhh, pickled pickerel . . that makes perfect sense.

Me too! They're amazing little creatures. They can learn, they have a memory, and if you cut them into a hundred pieces, each piece will regrow and retain the memory. Which, if you think about it, is quite miraculous . . .

@@TheDave333 Now if we could just figure out how we could do that…🖤🇨🇦

They're working on it. Planaria video in progress, and I thought the pickerel was hard to film!!! 😬

@@TheDave333 That is exciting, I know you will make it beautiful…even if it is hard to film them, your perfectionism always wins.🖤🇨🇦

The important thing is to not panic!!! lol Especially in the shower where one might slip and fall. 😁

I remember seeing barracuda while spearfishing. Never wear shiny rings or watches in the water especially murky water. . . Barracudas sometimes mistake your silver-colored watch for a small fish. And now you're missing your hand. . .

@@TheDave333 The blackfin barracuda is smaller than the great barracuda, and they often swim in schools too.

I know I looked it up! :-) I look up every fish that you mention, unless I already know about it. :-)

That would be a dream come true my friend! 😁😁😁 When I was in college I rescued a wounded Osprey that I found in the woods and brought it to a local wildlife / bird rehabilitator. He was able to mend its wing and release it back in the wild.

@@TheDave333 Believe it or not, they sometimes fight with other fish-eating raptors!

Silly birds! I just learned that Great Horned Owls will eat other owls!!!

​@@TheDave333, my sister has had a nesting pair of Bald Eagles visible from her deck every year for almost a decade, and has watched the eaglets grow to juveniles and learn to fly. Last fall a tree limb broke in a storm and part of the nest fell down, and so this year the eagles took up residence in a different tree on the opposite side of the lake; but the remains of the old nest have been taken over by Great Horned Owls and so she has been able to watch them feeding and raising the owlets.

I wonder if they're native to Maine?

@@TheDave333 Not certain about all parts of Maine, but definitely not to pushaw. Theres signs posted at most waters from the state warning anglers not to release them.

I guess they have their reasons. :-)

It’s easy bro just use streamers they eat those like crazy

@charlesxavier6785 I'm sure that would work if we had pickerel in California. I wanted to live vicariously through a video. Lol

Hopefully, you enjoyed your trip. 🐠

@@TheDave333 I surely did.

Nice! Do you have family out there? Lake Michigan is amazing, it's so huge. . .

@@TheDave333 No, but a cousin of mine graduated from a college there.

Nice. I lived in Chicago for a short time. I prefer the northeast.

I think I've seen some of their videos, Great stuff. But, I'd rather be in the water with the fish.

I would hate to be in a pickle, and I've been given the slip several times. . .

It's a good thing that they're mostly a solitary fish otherwise their theme song would be "chain chain chain, chain in schools...."😉

That bites! (Pun intended) That teeth mean business.

@@TheDave333 and it was down here in Florida where theyre not easy to find 😭

Exactly. . . They are just like freshwater barracudas. Amazingly fast, built for speed, and stealth.

@@TheDave333 But what about redfin pickerel? And what about grass pickerel?

Smaller versions of the Chain Pickerel. Never seen them around where I live.

@@chisaquaticvibe6524the pickerels are if I’m not mistaken smaller versions of the northern pike and maybe muskies? I don’t remember

@@korp21 How about smaller versions of both?

Nope, a smaller cousin.

It's on my list, but it will be a while before I can get to them. :-)

Thanks for checking out the video. After swimming with them in the wild, I couldn't bring myself to keeping one in a tank.

Unfortunately, weedless hooks aren't so weedless when you're fishing in a pickerel's favorite habitat. Maybe the spinnerbait needs razor-sharp blades that will chop the weeds away as you retrieve the lure!

The pickerel are like ghosts. I don't see them until I'm right on top of them. I also rarely see crappie or perch when I'm in the lake. I know they're there, but they're very shy as well. Love those rooster tails!

I caught a 3 pound 16 inch crappie on……a 3/8 ounce Roosttertail….in 2020…..how right you are…

That's a nice fish!

@@peterlorenzo615 , Spinnerbaits are tough to beat for catching many freshwater species, but in highly weedy areas I really like a floating rubber frog with upturned hooks so that it's mostly weedless. However, if you were going to drop me anywhere in the world and I had to fend for myself by catching fish, and I could only bring one lure, it would be some kind of shiny chrome metal jig or spoon like a Kastmaster or a Hopkins that can be retrieved, or jigged straight up and down, and which casts like a bullet. I've caught everything from bluegills, perch and trout on an appropriately seized Hopkins or Kastmaster, to bluefish and striped bass.

LMB

Where at? I'll catch some lol

Nice ! I didn't know about the flatworm algae connection. . . Thank you for sharing. 😁

The parasitic disease known as shistosomiasis is caused by a flatworm, a "liver fluke", that spends part of its life cycle living in snails, but when freeswimming it can burrow through human skin into the bloodstream and populate your liver. Found in tropical and semi tropical waters in both the old world and the new, including some Caribbean islands and Central America as well as the Nile in Egypt. I'd rather deal with leeches, which at least are easy to spot, versus a nearly microscopic worm that invades your body unseen.

There's a lot of things I want to do. . . Gotta make some shorts, get some merchandise, start YT memberships etc. . . Oh my God the pressure! 😬😬😬

I remember that scene as well. Frightening stuff . .

So, what did you think? In my experience, trout are harder to catch. :-D

@@TheDave333 for planter trout all you need is nightcrawlers,crickets,salmon eggs,powerbait or spinners. Fly fishing works too. Wild trout same thing except for the powerbait. Trout are easy but can be a little tricky in certain situations just like bass. The key to trout fishing like any fish is habitat and presentation. The pickerel was an interesting catch but not enough to fall in love with them but they do fight pretty good.

Agreed. :-)

me too !