Chain Pickerel Taking Over?
I have a 15 acre pond on my property and we have in the past had plenty of success catching black crappies, large mouth bass and panfish.
A couple of years ago we landed a chain pickerel, last year a few chains, this year its like every time we go out and they seem pretty large in the 16" - 22" range...... and we are catching fewer and fewer crappie and bass.
Chains have some nasty little teeth and huge mouths, it seems to me they are affecting the population of the other fish in the pond.
Anyone encountered something similar or have any thoughts on the chain pickerel in general?