Is Pickeral a different fish then a Walleye?

[yamaha 1]

I was brought up in Saskatchewan for the better part of my life and we allways called Walleye, Pickeral. Now a co worker told me this morrning that a pickeral is a different fish then a Walleye. He said there was no Pickeral in Alberta, just Walleye. Pickeral was only found in Saskatchewan, it looks like a Walleye but it was a different fish. I said you must be thinking of a Sauger and I called bull *****. He said he knew what a Sauger was and that was different. Does any one know if he is telling the truth?

[FishingMOM]

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=14644

[fitzy]

Yep sorry to say but a pickeral is a totally different fish than a Walleye, I thinks it actually called a chain pickeral and its close to a Northern pike.

[gatorhunter]

Walleye is the correct name. You should get used to it and use it. That other word has been used incorrectly by Saskatchewanians, Manitobans and Ontarians for years.

Sauger is a different specie than walleye.

REPEAT AFTER ME - WALLEYE, WALLEYE, WALLEYE....

[gunner72]

Everyone that fishes knows that a chain pickeral is pickeral and a walleye is a walleye but i'm sure that it's no more than a pet peeve when some one corrects you. Whats the big deal, all the old boys that still call walleye "pickeral" have likely forgotten more about fishing than the guys that worry about it will ever know.

[yamaha 1]

Originally Posted by gatorhunter

Walleye is the correct name. You should get used to it and use it. That other word has been used incorrectly by Saskatchewanians, Manitobans and Ontarians for years.

Sauger is a different specie than walleye.

REPEAT AFTER ME - WALLEYE, WALLEYE, WALLEYE....

WOW!!! I just asked a question and got the answer, sorry for asking I guess your more perfect than me...no need to be a tolal @**.

[Okotokian]

Originally Posted by yamaha 1

WOW!!! I just asked a question and got the answer, sorry for asking I guess your more perfect than me...no need to be a tolal @**.

hmmmmm I didn't take his response as rude. I don't think it was meant to be Yam.

[doetracks]

I didn't see it as rude, either.

[Big Red 250]

In Manitoba, I often heard them called "yellows". Mostly by first nation's.

[yamaha 1]

Originally Posted by doetracks

I didn't see it as rude, either.

Well maybe I'm having a bad day.....sorry....I have never caught a,so called, Pickeral before...never even seen one and I have done alot of fishing in my day. I guess you learn some thing new every day ( even us old dogs )

[gatorhunter]

Originally Posted by yamaha 1

WOW!!! I just asked a question and got the answer, sorry for asking I guess your more perfect than me...no need to be a tolal @**.

I work in a field that requires me to know correct names of fish, wildlife, trees, etc. so I know what Im talking about when it comes to freshwater fish species and their correct names.

For the record, I wasnt trying to be rude. It appeared that you were new to the names so I was trying to hard wire the correct name into your head before you got used to saying the p.word!

The Quebec name Dore means golden which is why walleyes in Quebec have that local name.

Commercial fishermen across the Prairie Provinces call them yellows but they are sold by them and the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation as Pickerel which btw is the correct way to spell the p.word.

Blue Walleye still exist in many eastern Ontario and western Quebec lakes. They are really neat and if a person sees one, they will know what a blue walleye looks like. Quebecers call them Dore bleu.

Hope were good!

[TyreeUM]

Originally Posted by gatorhunter

I work in a field that requires me to know correct names of fish, wildlife, trees, etc. so I know what Im talking about when it comes to freshwater fish species and their correct names.

For the record, I wasnt trying to be rude. It appeared that you were new to the names so I was trying to hard wire the correct name into your head before you got used to saying the p.word!

The Quebec name Dore means golden which is why walleyes in Quebec have that local name.

Commercial fishermen across the Prairie Provinces call them yellows but they are sold by them and the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation as Pickerel which btw is the correct way to spell the p.word.

Blue Walleye still exist in many eastern Ontario and western Quebec lakes. They are really neat and if a person sees one, they will know what a blue walleye looks like. Quebecers call them Dore bleu.

Hope were good!

I think your field of work requires you to know the most recognized common name, not the "correct" name as you call it. Pickerel is also a "common name" for what you would call walleye, as is various other names used in different regions. Most fish have different common names in different area's they are found with typically one common name that would be considered the most recognized. The only true name of any fish is the scientific name - as it is universal.

[FishBrain]

So then, if you know a walleye as a pickerel, can you win in court?

[gatorhunter]

Originally Posted by TyreeUM

I think your field of work requires you to know the most recognized common name, not the "correct" name as you call it. Pickerel is also a "common name" for what you would call walleye, as is various other names used in different regions. Most fish have different common names in different area's they are found with typically one common name that would be considered the most recognized. The only true name of any fish is the scientific name - as it is universal.

Being half right makes you half wrong. I NEED TO KNOW the correct name as it is written in our legislation. Walleye is written in the fishery regulations whereas the p.word isnt.

Should one appear in court, the documents will show walleye as the legal name even though the fish may have been called the p.word locally. Commercial sales included.

I love it when people try to tell me what my job is!

[Jimboy]

Originally Posted by yamaha 1

WOW!!! I just asked a question and got the answer, sorry for asking I guess your more perfect than me...no need to be a tolal @**.

But hes right , calling a walleye a pickeral is like calling a trout a sucker , the only place you find chain pickeral is in ontario , and they resemble a pike , not walleye , if your going to fish , call them by the right name.

[KegRiver]

The problem with experts is that they know just enough to confuse everyone.

Walleye, Pickrel, Pike, Eye, whatever you call it, it's the same fish. And it's the best eating fish we have. Yeah I know, others will differ. And that's fine.

To each his own.

Fact is, most of the so called experts can't agree on what to call things.
Is it a Sparrow Hawk, no no it's a American Kestral. Is it a Walleye, No it's a Pickral. What does it realy matter, so long as everyone knows what you are talking about.

Let's be honest here. Some day, maybe soon some expert may well decide it isn't a Walleye. Who knows what they will call it then. Perhaps a Black Perch? The rest of us will be told that we are wrong and MUST use the new name.

As for me, I know what a Pickral is and what a Jack is. I know what they taste like cooked, and that's good enough for me.

[yamaha 1]

Originally Posted by KegRiver

The problem with experts is that they know just enough to confuse everyone.

Walleye, Pickrel, Pike, Eye, whatever you call it, it's the same fish. And it's the best eating fish we have. Yeah I know, others will differ. And that's fine.

To each his own.

Fact is, most of the so called experts can't agree on what to call things.
Is it a Sparrow Hawk, no no it's a American Kestral. Is it a Walleye, No it's a Pickral. What does it realy matter, so long as everyone knows what you are talking about.

Let's be honest here. Some day, maybe soon some expert may well decide it isn't a Walleye. Who knows what they will call it then. Perhaps a Black Perch? The rest of us will be told that we are wrong and MUST use the new name.

As for me, I know what a Pickral is and what a Jack is. I know what they taste like cooked, and that's good enough for me.

Thank you, Well put.....fish is a fish, Walleye- pickeral, its good on the plate.

[duffy4]

Originally Posted by KegRiver

The problem with experts is that they know just enough to confuse everyone.

Walleye, Pickrel, Pike, Eye, whatever you call it, it's the same fish. And it's the best eating fish we have. Yeah I know, others will differ. And that's fine.

To each his own.

Fact is, most of the so called experts can't agree on what to call things.
Is it a Sparrow Hawk, no no it's a American Kestral. Is it a Walleye, No it's a Pickral. What does it realy matter, so long as everyone knows what you are talking about.

Let's be honest here. Some day, maybe soon some expert may well decide it isn't a Walleye. Who knows what they will call it then. Perhaps a Black Perch? The rest of us will be told that we are wrong and MUST use the new name.

As for me, I know what a Pickral is and what a Jack is. I know what they taste like cooked, and that's good enough for me.

LOL! There is the problem. If different people are calling the same fish by different names then there may be people who do not know what you are talking about.


The problem is not so bad when the name being used are different names for the same fish and there are no other creatures that those names may apply to. Eg. walleye, eyes, yellows, wallies.

But if you use Pickerel (there is another creature called pickerel) for Walleye then there could be some real confusion.

I could ask" hey Keg, could you go to the freezer and get out some pickerel fillets for supper, they are right beside the jack fillets."

Then after you have gone I say to myself, "I hope he doesn't get confused and bring out those awful "chain pickerel" fillets that uncle John brought from Ontario last year!"



Believe it or not some people get confused and call Alberta's antelope "goats".

[horsetrader]

Originally Posted by Jimboy

But hes right , calling a walleye a pickeral is like calling a trout a sucker , the only place you find chain pickeral is in ontario , and they resemble a pike , not walleye , if your going to fish , call them by the right name.

You may be right about what their called but you will find them in Qubec,New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and several of the southern states. So if you can get upset if I call a a Walleye a Pickerel,then I guess I can get upset at you for thinking you know where they exist. Face it their fish you call it what you want I'll call it what I want . Let's just hope we all catch lots this year............

[TheClash]

huh, well then no worries then, I have been identifying them correctly lol

[uglyelk]

Jack Fish



Pike

[SushiUnagi]

I had the same question last year when I started to fish.

Yeah for some reason there's a crowd that keeps on referring to walleyes as pickerels, and the worst part is, they will say you're wrong if you try to correct them. So no point arguing. Thanks to my friends on AOF as well as google, it helped steered me in the right direction about it. Just like everyone mentioned above.

Pickerels are much similar looking to Pikes than they are to Walleyes. So why they refer walleyes as pickerels instead of pikes is beyond me. They are smaller in size than pikes as well....so I'm going to assume they are quite bony too.

[Mr.twister]

Some people also call them EYES, hmm i like that.

[jpietrzak1979]

Originally Posted by Mr.twister

Some people also call them EYES, hmm i like that.

I just call them supper!

[calgarygringo]

I grew up in Manitoba and only knew them as Pickerel. We then moved to Montreal and went through the same thing except they were called a Dore'. Until we caught them we didn't know what the heck one was. When summer came and finally got out there we laughed at this great new fish. When I moved to AB no one other than us from east of here knew of a Pickerel. Same fish it is just what everyone refers them to.

[pickrel pat]

what????!!!!!! now i gotta change my name......

[2big4u]

Originally Posted by uglyelk

Jack Fish



Pike

NICE I lol'd.

[greatbruinfan]

A true pickel looks like a northern pike

[Gust]

Originally Posted by greatbruinfan

A true pickel looks like a northern pike

FYI. If you sell bulk pickels at a farmers market in Pittsburgh and a food inspection warden takes your pickel, throws it to the ground, and it doesn't bounce? It cannot be advertised as a pickel,, or as we say up in these parts, Pickle.

[Braun]

Originally Posted by GustavMahler

FYI. If you sell bulk pickels at a farmers market in Pittsburgh and a food inspection warden takes your pickel, throws it to the ground, and it doesn't bounce? It cannot be advertised as a pickel,, or as we say up in these parts, Pickle.