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Originally Posted by Kurt505
Do people feel they are somehow more sophisticated by calling a pickerel a walleye or a jackfish a northern pike when referring to a fish they caught in Alberta? Not once in my life have I ever referred to a pickerel or a jackfish while face to face with someone and had them say "A what?". But you get on the internet and all of a sudden everyone has to show you how smart they are and inform you they know the actual name of the fish you're using the slang term for. All the while preaching how they only catch and release. Except if fish is brain food, it would seem the guy keeping as many pickerel as the law will allow is obviously the smarter guy!
Rant over.
Fish is expensive to buy in the store but averages out to about $300/lb when you go catch it.
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I don't really care if people call them walleye or pickeral but the reason some may make the distinction is because there is a different species called chained pickeral. Mostly in Quebec and a couple of other eastern provinces.