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Originally Posted by walleye guy
But never have I ever herd a western Canadian refer to a Northern Pike as a pickerel. So I'm thinking if they reported pickerel being caught it was likely walleye.
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Of course not. Pike were pike and no Albertan has ever seen a true pickerel in the province. The mix-up never was between pike and pickerel, it was walleye and pickerel.
And since there are no pickerel in Alberta to compare and correct the misconception, the mix-up stuck...and twas ever thus since.
As you point out, the screw-up is old as they catch reports indicate. Decades and decades ago. Never really corrected. And it never will, as long as Costco, Safeway, Sobey's, and Save-On keep selling pickerel fillets on their stores.
