Fun Day of Fishing

[Family_Fisherman]

had a fun day fishing on the millstone with my son. caught 10 sun fish, 3 large mouth, 2 small mouth, and 1 pike-I think, might be a pickerall. all on top water. also included will be a photo of my sons first trophy small mouth from a few weeks ago.

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[FASTEDDIE29]

Nice assorted catch! Looks like a fun time.

[AndyS]

Nice mixed bag for sure !

[kcritch]

Nice job gettin the boy out there. Thanks for the post.

[tycomps]

great bronze back for the young angler!

[Eskimo]

Looks like a fun day on the water.
That fish is definitely a Pickerel. They look like pike because they are closely related. For pickerel, I look for the verticles stripe coming down from the eye and the chain-like camouflage pattern. Here is a chart that shows some of the ways the two species can be differenciated:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/728042/Identification-Poster-of-Tiger-Muskie-Northern-Pike-and-Chain-Pickerel