Maybe sippo lake and I know lake cable has them

 

Some were caught out of Nimisila ice fishing... Probably no numbers there though. Also where Long Lake dumps into the Tusc, but again chances are slim.

 

I used to get them occasionally at Mogadore on small spinners. I also would try Sippo.

 

I've gotten a few back at Palm road on Mogadore ice fishing...

Other than that I haven't got any anywhere else.

I've got regular pike in Berlin and mosquito. Last week got quite a few at berlin crappie fishing with minnows.

 

Thanks for the help. I think Sippo may have a few chain pickerel in there, but I haven't heard of grass pickerel in there. I may investigate. I never fished Mogadore, but maybe I can try a stream up there.

 

If you're interested in a stream around Mogadore you might as well go a little further and hit the Cuyahoga in Kent. In the Fred Fuller Park area you can get regular pike and small mouth on spinners and jigs with twister tails. Lots of places in Kent to grab a bite to eat as well.

 

What would be the best thing to catch pickerel on?

 

Sippo lake had them years ago when it was filled in with grass like coontail and milfoil. When they dredged it in 1997 the chain pickerel habitat disappeared and most of the chain pickerel did as well. I have heard of a few caught but I haven't personally seen one since before 1997. We use to catch them from March till May on inline spinners like Rooster Tails and jointed floating Rapalas. I think I heard of a few in the Ohio Erie canal and Zeppernick Lake. I credit chain pickerel for getting me into fishing and I miss catching them at Sippo so it would be cool to find a lake where they were fairly abundant.

 

You might find some down around Bolivar in the back waters.Small spinners like Rooster tails or CP.Swing

 

Sippo still has some. not good numbers but once in awhile myself or a buddy gets into one using spinners. We've seen them near shore this year on the southwest side of the lake

 

Long Lake in the portage lakes used to be full of them. I'd imagine it still has a good population.

 

Lake Cable is the only lake I know of locally that has any numbers of them. Unfortunately it's a private lake. Years ago I had access with a friend who passed away and they would destroy our floats at the surface. You would see a swirl and they'd be gone. Some times you'd get them back and sometimes not. They seemed to really like the red and white ones.

 

Caught a chain pickerel ice fishing at North Reservoir, during a Manda's Ice Fishing Tournament, so many years ago.

 

The tuscarawas river has plenty of grass pickerel in it. I've caught them on a variety of baits while fishing for smallmouth and pike. Biggest one has been around 12" that I've seen. I have also seen a few in mogadore reservoir that were toads at 14" long. If you're just looking for an aquarium specimen, I'd run a seine in the tusc or any of its larger tributary streams in slack water areas immediately down stream of riffles. Good luck, hope this helps.

 

When I was younger, I used to slaughter them fishing backwater beaver ponds. Tiny spinner, or a tiny spoon always did the trick.

When I was a sophomore in high school, in my science class, I teamed up with one of the prettiest little girls on earth for our semester project. Our project was to start, stock and maintain an aquarium. It was a huge undertaking, but one we both thoroughly enjoyed. It was real long, so we created a stream in it. We filled it with all local fish including many grass pickerel, or grass pike as we called them. It was an awesome project, and my favorite of all time. Even though I was a perfect gentleman, I especially liked taking care of the project during our study halls when Patty and I were alone in the classroom...

Anyway, they were prolific fish and kept our aquarium lively and interesting.

Jon

 

East side of mogadore has them

 

Both Stump and Emerald Lakes that are in Punderson State Park have GrassPickeral. They are native to Ohio,Chain aren't. The State used to stock a couple lakes many,many moons ago.

 

No more chain pickerel in Long Lake. They faded out there years ago, though when I was a kid in the 70's we still caught a few. Grass pickerel, on the other hand, are in all of the Portage Lakes. Small minnows, small spoons, small spinners will take them. Work weed beds and fallen trees. This time of year they hold fairly shallow. I've seen them plenty of times in less than a foot of water.