A Virginia man caught a fish that’s so rare, it was recognized by state wildlife officials. Retired veteran John Byrd, of Bowling Green, Virginia, reeled in an 11.5-inch blue-mouth chain pickerel from ...

The odds were against landing the big, toothy fish on the setup Matt Born had chosen, but he locked in and played the fish ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Byrd Jr. holds up the rare blue-mouthed fish. John Byrd Jr., of Bowling Green, Virginia has been fishing the same private ...

Back in 1845, when Henry David Thoreau first moved to Massachusetts’ Walden Pond to confront the essential facts of life, one such encounter involved chain pickerel. The philosopher got all gushy over ...

In this 2010 file photo, a tip-up sits in a freshly drilled ice hole on Pickerel Pond during the Maine Youth Fish and Game Association's annual ice fishing day near Milford. Credit: John Clarke Russ / ...

Pike, river pike, grass pike, jack, jackfish, eastern pickerel, chainsides, mud pickerel, black chain pike, duck-billed pike Description Chain pickerels are deep olive-green on the back, shading to a ...

CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. — A man in Caroline County was surprised by the bright blue color of a fish he reeled in. It turned out the fish was a chain pickerel with a rare mutation. "I'd never seen that ...

The chain pickerel, a member of the pike family known for chain-like pattern on its greenish body, were in a biting mood for last Sunday's ice fishing contest on Lake Hopatcong, hosted by the Knee ...

There's a predator out there with rows of razor-sharp, needle-like teeth strategically positioned inside a wide mouth framed with strong jaws. It has a torpedo-shaped frame built for lightning-fast ...