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Ming Dao poses with a nice pickerel he caught in January 2004 at Lake Ontelaunee, Berks County. Photo by Vic Attardo.
Keith Engle with 25 inch chain pickerel caught from Chambers Lake, Chester County, in January 2006
Robert Balint caught this 27 inch chain pickerel on February 24, 2008 at Frances Slocum State Park. He caught it on a tip-up, using a medium shiner.
Top 5 caught in PA in 2009 (not pictured)
  1. 7 lb 6 oz — Lackawanna Lake
  2. 6 lb 1 oz — Shohola Lake
  3. 5 lb 11 oz — Lake Wallenpaupack
  4. 5 lb 11 oz — Beechwood Lake
  5. 5 lb 8 oz — Moon Lake

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