Thank you for giving Freshwater Fish some love and making these documentaries. All too often, Freshwater Flora and Fauna get overshadowed by saltwater fish.
I absolutely love your lake videos, it is like being there with you. I think you did a great job of capturing footage of the Chain Pickerel given how evasive they are. Your leeches are quite different from those we see in Canada, they are actually quite pretty. Your lake is very beautiful, and clearly healthy since the amphibians are doing well in it. Your lunch recipe sounds very tasty, and what are a few little bones between friends? Thank you for sharing these magical moments with us Dave, your camera work and editing are sublime, as always.🖤🇨🇦
@@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.🖤🇨🇦
These fish are lovely, a few years ago I caught a wounded baby chain pickerel while dip netting. He had a bite wound on his back and I took them home and kept him inside over the winter. He healed up nicely and I returned him back where I caught him in the spring.
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.. 🤝
Very slimy, very illusive, very fun to fight. I caught these in a seemingly untouched part of a creek that runs right through my neighborhood here in Georgia. Great memories
@@TheDave333 I've caught hundreds of these over the years, and to me the fight is anything but great. Rather boring to me. They've destroyed productive trout fisheries in Nova Scotia, so I'm not a fan. Great video and footage though!
Great video once again Dave. Here in the Netherlands we have a Family member of them, the Esox lucius. We call them Snoek. When I was 10 years old my uncle Ben took me fishing and taught me how to catch them with a live smaller fish. He and his family survived thru WW2 with the Snoek. The females can get up to 55 inches. They are strong fighting fish and it is a lot of fun to catch them. Sometimes it takes more then an hour to land them. Biggest one I caught was around 45 inch when I was 12. Please more underwater videos...💚
@@goodun2974yep, typical pikes including chain, grass, and redfin pickerels. Esox lucius is the northern pike, native to europe and north america - I love them
An exceptional presentation!! It's very cool how you collect your own footage, best footage are of fish shown in their natural habitat! Great work Dave
@@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
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.
I love Chain pikerel ! Most people hate them but they are the best fish in the Esox family in alabama i caught one redfin pikerel in my pond that connected to a spring creek they just got in there naturally
Awesome footage, makes me want to get a snorkel and underwater camera! Since you mentioned the bones, I wanted to mention that I learned from my grandfather as a kid how to make pickerel meat less bony. You "score" the filet by making a lot of tiny perpendicular cuts along the length, not all the way through the meat so it stays together. Then bread it and fry it. The tiny pieces of bone become much less noticable and won't get stuck in your throat. It's a common and delicious tasting fish that many people don't eat because of the bones, so this can make them more edible. I'd imagine knowing how to eat them more easily would be especially useful in areas where they are invasive like some people are mentioning.
I had a similar experience fishing for pike in UK. Pike and Pickerel are very similar in appearance and habits. I hooked into one using a lure but after about a minute he managed to bite through my line and was gone. I fished the same spot a week later and again hooked into a fish and this time managed to land it. When I opened its mouth it had the lure that I had lost the previous week.
Awesome video! Thank you! So many lessons, some simple like Pickerel are shy and greedy, to the profound, like, on our journey through life we will encounter beauty, sadness, death, and bloodsucking leeches! Fishlosophy at its finest!
@@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.
@@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.
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.
I loved catching pickerel when I was a kid - they were like fresh water sharks. I never had a problem with leeches in Massachusetts, but on a trip through New Hampshire we stopped at a pool along the Kankamagus Hwy and waded out into the still water. As soon as we got in a few feet, we could see the leeches swiming toward us from all directions. Out we went. I do not mess with bloodsuckers.
Another terrific video many thanks. Could you advise me on a half decent camera as I need to move away from a camera phone when taking my fish videos. I’m particularly interested in a camera that will also let me take photographs of tiny fry.
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 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.🖤🇨🇦
Pickerel have been my favourite fish for about 2 and a half years, they started invading & eating a lot of trout & shad up here. Everyone hates them, but I love catching them! The fight is like no other fish when you catch a 22”-24”
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!!
Can chain pickerel and largemouth bass coexist together in a body of water? I mean they are both predators and hunt similar prey. Do they compete with each other or even prey on each other?
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. . .
@@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.
Easily one of the most misidentified fish in Jersey. I recently just caught one of the rarest types of pickerel, the Redfin, that have the body pattern of a tiger muskie with red fins
Super interesting and scientific The Dave. I may have a tactic that would grant better footage for these species as well as northern pike. From my experience with a bright LED below my canoe its very common to see them throughout the night, and they are far less shy as you stated.
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!!! th-cam.com/video/cy6TEzb9-0I/w-d-xo.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.
Three things 1. I truly enjoy your video's 2. The only leech I've encountered are mdeician leeches, and when they swim they look like an eel with no head, almost ten inches long> 3, I once had a HUGE pickeral on the lien but lost it ten feet from shore. When I looked at my lure, the fish had bitten the hooks off the lure... 😊
@@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.
@@TheDave333 And when I first watched this vid, the leech, planaria, and newt parts were very unexpected. But I understand you like to mix things up. It is truly a labor of love. 😁
I caught my first pike today in 2 foot of water. I’m sure pickerel aren’t too different to pike, it was a fun experience and I already know this videos gonna be good
Awesome footage of so fast predator pike. I see similar look and behaviour of Northern (European) Pike. Chained pickerel looks more shy and afraid of humans. Regarding white clouds l noticed them in another videos but l was convinced they are bacterial colonies ! Algae - who guess that ! Perhaps I recognised Amanda here due her divided fin.
Hello Chi. Your cruise explains why you haven't left a comment for a few days. I hope you had fun, and it's good to have you back. Where I come Palometa are called "Old Wife", and they're one of the tastiest fish that I've ever eaten. When I was a kid, my Mom used to send me down to the docks to buy freshly caught Old Wives / Palometa for dinner. . .
@@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!
@@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.
Are you snorkeling or on scuba? Also I've discovered recently that turning off auto white balance, shutter speed, and anything else that is automatic, helps eliminate the random color shifts from filming underwater. Makes post production color correction a lot easier. Great video as always!
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. :-)
Oh great! and now you've hurt my feelings! I'm so jealous....... They have a Diving Bell Spider in Northern and Central Europe and some parts of Asia that I would love to keep, breed, and film. Have you seen them? Wels Catfish are also pretty cool, and they have some really interesting newts in Europe.
@@TheDave333 I've never seen a diving bell spider before, and I'm not hurting your feelings. Like you've told me before, it never hurts to do something different.
I know, I was just kidding. 😁😁😁 You watch whatever you like! Definitely check out some videos of a Diving Bell Spider, amazing creatures. And if you've never seen Peacock Spiders, I highly recommend them as well. They're my favorite spiders!
@@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.
I use to work at a marina on the mississippi. I thought these things were baby pike because they would swim with pike. Learn something new every day I guess.
Nice video! I love chain pickerel, and I think bass fishermen give them too much of a bad rep. In my opinion it just boils down to bad habits. If the water has pickerel, I always use a steel leader. The bass still bite it, and the pickerel don’t snatch my expensive lures. I also bring a gripper and pliers to make hook removal safe and easy.
Chain pickerel were illegally released into pushaw lake here in Maine, and its actually illegal to release them back into the water, becauss they outhunt most other fish in the water.
@@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.
In the 80's and 90's they'd have cool little movies like this on TV on Sundays.
I grew up watching Wild Kingdom and Wild America in the 70s . Animal documentaries are in my DNA. 😁
Thank you for giving Freshwater Fish some love and making these documentaries.
All too often, Freshwater Flora and Fauna get overshadowed by saltwater fish.
It's a labor of love, so no trouble at all.
I absolutely love your lake videos, it is like being there with you. I think you did a great job of capturing footage of the Chain Pickerel given how evasive they are. Your leeches are quite different from those we see in Canada, they are actually quite pretty. Your lake is very beautiful, and clearly healthy since the amphibians are doing well in it. Your lunch recipe sounds very tasty, and what are a few little bones between friends? Thank you for sharing these magical moments with us Dave, your camera work and editing are sublime, as always.🖤🇨🇦
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 🌍
i respect you for being mesmerized and respect nature as much as your willing to eat it
most people are either one or the other
I can love and respect something, and still eat it. . . I don't think there's a contradiction in either one of these acts.
These fish are lovely, a few years ago I caught a wounded baby chain pickerel while dip netting. He had a bite wound on his back and I took them home and kept him inside over the winter. He healed up nicely and I returned him back where I caught him in the spring.
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.. 🤝
Happy I found you!!! thank you for the videos!!! you make it informative and at times funny... well done!
Thank you so much!
1:49 frog expert here. frog in leaf of top right corner : )
That's one lucky frog. :-D
Very slimy, very illusive, very fun to fight. I caught these in a seemingly untouched part of a creek that runs right through my neighborhood here in Georgia. Great memories
Great memories, awesome fish. Yes super slimy, but they put up a great fight!!!
@@TheDave333 I've caught hundreds of these over the years, and to me the fight is anything but great. Rather boring to me. They've destroyed productive trout fisheries in Nova Scotia, so I'm not a fan. Great video and footage though!
Great video once again Dave. Here in the Netherlands we have a Family member of them, the Esox lucius. We call them Snoek. When I was 10 years old my uncle Ben took me fishing and taught me how to catch them with a live smaller fish. He and his family survived thru WW2 with the Snoek. The females can get up to 55 inches. They are strong fighting fish and it is a lot of fun to catch them. Sometimes it takes more then an hour to land them. Biggest one I caught was around 45 inch when I was 12. Please more underwater videos...💚
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.
@@goodun2974yep, typical pikes including chain, grass, and redfin pickerels. Esox lucius is the northern pike, native to europe and north america - I love them
Your content is very cool!!
Thank you so much.
An exceptional presentation!! It's very cool how you collect your own footage, best footage are of fish shown in their natural habitat! Great work Dave
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.
Dooood whatever swamp your diving in is absolutely amazing super clear great dive!
Thanks 👍 It has its good days and its bad days. . .
How do you film these amazing documentaries??
Simplest answer = I really love making them ! Devotion :-)
@@TheDave333 It shows.🖤🇨🇦
Only the Dave can make a video about an animal I hate (a lot!) into an entertaining video that I liked watching.
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. 😊
Chain pickerel are just so beautiful:)
They really are. I'm always get very excited when I find one. :-)
The Dave! We love you! This is one of my favourite fish in the world, and love this wonderful film!
Thank you so much, I love them as well! Thanks for watching the video. ❤
These are great mini documentaries. Keep it up!
I will thanks!
i would catch dozens of Chain Pickerel when Ice Fishing in New Jersey. Great childhood memories
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 for braving the leeches. keep up the great work
No problem . . . it was a small price to pay.
You always have such brilliant footage.
Thanks! 😁😁😁
I love Chain pikerel ! Most people hate them but they are the best fish in the Esox family in alabama i caught one redfin pikerel in my pond that connected to a spring creek they just got in there naturally
Cool! I love them as well, we have them in Illinois!
I love them too! Amazing fish. 😁
Great video - I catch about a half dozen of these every time I go out fishing in my area. Fun fish to reel in, certainly feisty.
Couldn't agree more!
Awesome footage, makes me want to get a snorkel and underwater camera!
Since you mentioned the bones, I wanted to mention that I learned from my grandfather as a kid how to make pickerel meat less bony. You "score" the filet by making a lot of tiny perpendicular cuts along the length, not all the way through the meat so it stays together. Then bread it and fry it. The tiny pieces of bone become much less noticable and won't get stuck in your throat. It's a common and delicious tasting fish that many people don't eat because of the bones, so this can make them more edible.
I'd imagine knowing how to eat them more easily would be especially useful in areas where they are invasive like some people are mentioning.
Thank you for sharing the cooking technique. I'll have to give it a try.
great night watches thanks for going out of the way to get these images, cheers
You're very welcome. It's a labor of love.
Next summer, all your river vids will get a lot more views. I have faith in you!
I really hope so! Thanks for your support. ❤❤❤
Very well narrated, thanks for all the effort that this must have taken to create
You're very welcome, thanks for watching the video and taking the time to leave a comment.
I had a similar experience fishing for pike in UK. Pike and Pickerel are very similar in appearance and habits. I hooked into one using a lure but after about a minute he managed to bite through my line and was gone. I fished the same spot a week later and again hooked into a fish and this time managed to land it. When I opened its mouth it had the lure that I had lost the previous week.
What a great story! Thanks for sharing that. I'm not surprised!
It’s just awesome 👏 as always 👌
Thank you so much 😀
Caught my first Pickerel today! Really cool fish
And now, you're hooked!!! I love em' they're built like rockets. . .
Thanks to RDR2, I know of this fish's existence.
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.
Awesome video! Thank you! So many lessons, some simple like Pickerel are shy and greedy, to the profound, like, on our journey through life we will encounter beauty, sadness, death, and bloodsucking leeches! Fishlosophy at its finest!
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!!!
Quality channel! Love your videos , the wild and the home aquatic world content!
Glad you like them! I love making them.
I caught 3 of these fish this morning, first time I’ve ever seen them. Beautiful fish and a ton of fun to reel in.
Yes they are! Congratulations, they're awesome fish / lots of fun on light tackle.
I really enjoyed this video. Well done, the Dave.
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. 😁
Really great job!
Thanks a lot!
Live the worm you do dave, thank you.
Swim the lake I am. . . So welcome you are.
If you were a barracuda which one would you be? Blackfin or great?
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.
Great footage again Dave! They look very similar to the European Pikes.
Hello again! They really are very similar fish. Thanks for watching another one of my videos!
i adore pickerel - thanks.
Me too - you're welcome.
This video kicks butt!
Thank you. It's a labor of love.
did you try wet suits they might stop leaches from biting
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.
Wonderful.
Thank you !
I've been enjoying your videos, thanks
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching my videos, I love making them. ❤
That's pretty wild you caught one that had two lures in it's mouth already.
Yeah, so my lure made it three total. Crazy appetites!
Excellent video, sir. Thank you.
You're very welcome.
Simply amazing
Thanks a lot 😊
I loved catching pickerel when I was a kid - they were like fresh water sharks. I never had a problem with leeches in Massachusetts, but on a trip through New Hampshire we stopped at a pool along the Kankamagus Hwy and waded out into the still water. As soon as we got in a few feet, we could see the leeches swiming toward us from all directions. Out we went. I do not mess with bloodsuckers.
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.
Another terrific video many thanks. Could you advise me on a half decent camera as I need to move away from a camera phone when taking my fish videos. I’m particularly interested in a camera that will also let me take photographs of tiny fry.
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
I think you should be on Netflix!
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. 🎥
Hello Dave…terrific work! I’ve just subscribed! Amazing!
Thank you so much for watching the video and subscribing!!! I really appreciate it. 😀😀😀
How did you get into this chain pickerel thing?
We both swim in the same lake, and I like their look.
@@TheDave333 Same with the other fish you did?
yes
Oh boy new Dave video!
I feel the same way. 😃
where is the pond that this was filmed? this is really cool
Massachusetts
@@TheDave333 From NJ, nice video, and go Red Sox!
@@TheDave333 Are those bluegill sunfish too?
Pickerel have been my favourite fish for about 2 and a half years, they started invading & eating a lot of trout & shad up here. Everyone hates them, but I love catching them! The fight is like no other fish when you catch a 22”-24”
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!
I’m a largemouth main but I LOVE pickerel so much they’re such cool fish those and snakehead make me feel like Jeremy wade when I catch them lol
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?
Awesome video as always!
Thanks again!
you have a very pleasant voice perfect for this content.
thank you
Can chain pickerel and largemouth bass coexist together in a body of water? I mean they are both predators and hunt similar prey. Do they compete with each other or even prey on each other?
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.
The twist of fate comment had me going. I tried to catch chain pickerel when I was a kid, but never could. I agree, they are beautiful!
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. . .
Lets take the moment to appreciate how much effort he puts in content for us👍🔥🔥
I appreciate that! Thank you.
Looking forward to metaphyton clouds video!! :)
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. 🙂
Easily one of the most misidentified fish in Jersey. I recently just caught one of the rarest types of pickerel, the Redfin, that have the body pattern of a tiger muskie with red fins
Nice! Beautiful fish.
Where at in Nj?
fast, beautiful fish. native in my area
I love them, they're like freshwater barracudas. . . 🐠🦈🐟
Very interesting video! Thanks!
You're very welcome!
5:47 that took a turn…
Yes, it did! I try to put a little something for everyone in my videos. 😃
They are invasive where I am from so I am biased against them but they are really beautiful!!!
Beauty comes with a cost. . .
These are very good videos
Thank you so much!
Do you do this in saltwater too?
I wish!!! Too far from the ocean . . .
Great tiltle
Thanks!
Some anglers also view white perch as a nuisance.
True they do, but I love them all.
03:07 Siamese Algae Eater or Large Mouth Bass?
LMB
Super interesting and scientific The Dave. I may have a tactic that would grant better footage for these species as well as northern pike. From my experience with a bright LED below my canoe its very common to see them throughout the night, and they are far less shy as you stated.
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!!! th-cam.com/video/cy6TEzb9-0I/w-d-xo.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.
6:50 Spot the pickerel could be a game.
It is a game for me. They always see me before I see them!!!
Three things
1. I truly enjoy your video's
2. The only leech I've encountered are mdeician leeches, and when they swim they look like an eel with no head, almost ten inches long>
3, I once had a HUGE pickeral on the lien but lost it ten feet from shore. When I looked at my lure, the fish had bitten the hooks off the lure... 😊
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.
The only place I've seen muskies is the Virginia Living Museum. They're like 3-4ft long.
They're super powerful fish! I'd love to film them.
@@TheDave333 And when I first watched this vid, the leech, planaria, and newt parts were very unexpected. But I understand you like to mix things up. It is truly a labor of love. 😁
Yes I do like to mix things up. I wouldn't want you to get bored watching my videos! :-D
Where was this filmed? This is amazing!
It was filmed in Massachusetts. Thanks for watching. :-)
Have you ever seen a needlefish before?
Yes, many times! Cool fish.
Can you do one on a crayfish species?
Eventually, yes. I rarely see them at the lake, but I see a lot in the rivers.
Nice video thanks!
Glad you liked it!
one of your viewers i met irl recommended you, fuggin sweet content my dood
thanks bro! 😁
I caught my first pike today in 2 foot of water. I’m sure pickerel aren’t too different to pike, it was a fun experience and I already know this videos gonna be good
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.
They are a ferocious fish ! I've more then once caught one on a surface plug that was as big as the fish ! It couldn't of possibly swallowed it !
They really are little beasts! I love em'. Fishing with a surface plug is the way to go, I like weedless frogs. . .
This was a great video
Thank you!
Thanks man love the vids
Awesome thanks
Awesome footage of so fast predator pike. I see similar look and behaviour of Northern (European) Pike. Chained pickerel looks more shy and afraid of humans.
Regarding white clouds l noticed them in another videos but l was convinced they are bacterial colonies ! Algae - who guess that !
Perhaps I recognised Amanda here due her divided fin.
Those big white clouds are called Metaphyton - it's a collection of algae, and other small creatures. . .
Hello, Dave, I just finished a Bahamas cruise. And guess what? While I was swimming at a beach I saw schools of palometa.
Hello Chi. Your cruise explains why you haven't left a comment for a few days. I hope you had fun, and it's good to have you back. Where I come Palometa are called "Old Wife", and they're one of the tastiest fish that I've ever eaten. When I was a kid, my Mom used to send me down to the docks to buy freshly caught Old Wives / Palometa for dinner. . .
@@TheDave333 I did have fun!
i wish you did more of this video !!
There will be more. . . Still waiting for the water to warm up. 🐠🦈🐟
Pickerel remind me of fresh water Bariccuda
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.
Are you snorkeling or on scuba?
Also I've discovered recently that turning off auto white balance, shutter speed, and anything else that is automatic, helps eliminate the random color shifts from filming underwater. Makes post production color correction a lot easier.
Great video as always!
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. :-)
I sometimes watch vidoes about European freshwater fish too.
Oh great! and now you've hurt my feelings! I'm so jealous....... They have a Diving Bell Spider in Northern and Central Europe and some parts of Asia that I would love to keep, breed, and film. Have you seen them? Wels Catfish are also pretty cool, and they have some really interesting newts in Europe.
@@TheDave333 I've never seen a diving bell spider before, and I'm not hurting your feelings. Like you've told me before, it never hurts to do something different.
I know, I was just kidding. 😁😁😁 You watch whatever you like! Definitely check out some videos of a Diving Bell Spider, amazing creatures. And if you've never seen Peacock Spiders, I highly recommend them as well. They're my favorite spiders!
I like your channel name. Great minds think alike.
Hey, thanks!
best fish to fight but where i’m from we call them jackfish
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
I use to work at a marina on the mississippi. I thought these things were baby pike because they would swim with pike. Learn something new every day
I guess.
Thanks for watching the video. There are several different pickerel species, Grass Pickerel, Red Fin Pickerel, Chain Pickerel etc...
@@TheDave333grass and redfin pickerel are the same species the American pickerel
Northern pike?
Nope, a smaller cousin.
Nice video! I love chain pickerel, and I think bass fishermen give them too much of a bad rep. In my opinion it just boils down to bad habits. If the water has pickerel, I always use a steel leader. The bass still bite it, and the pickerel don’t snatch my expensive lures. I also bring a gripper and pliers to make hook removal safe and easy.
I totally agree! 😁
Chain pickerel were illegally released into pushaw lake here in Maine, and its actually illegal to release them back into the water, becauss they outhunt most other fish in the water.
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. :-)
i suggest wearing one of those overall water things
A wet suit? They still find a way in. No worries, I do what needs to be done. I can usually avoid them, but thanks for the suggestion.
Hello Dave, I just came back from Chicago
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.
In the most calm voice you've ever heard: I had a 4cm long leech on between my toes that I discovered in the shower
The important thing is to not panic!!! lol Especially in the shower where one might slip and fall. 😁
If this lake had name, would it be Lake Dave?
Dream Lake