Range and Identity
The inventory retains the subspecies name Esox americanus americanus. Museum accounts often use the broader Esox americanus name for Redfin Pickerel, so a record’s locality and original determination remain important. Measurements from another pickerel form should not be assigned automatically to this entry.
Habitat and Behavior
Museum records describe lakes, ponds, swamps, backwaters and sluggish pools in streams and rivers. These sheltered settings provide a different habitat picture from a fast exposed channel. The actual vegetation, water movement and location should remain attached to a field observation.
Food and Life History
A long cylindrical body, broad snout and wavy dark side bars are useful features. Fins can be red, yellowish or dusky, so vivid red is not required in every fish. A securely attributed subspecies maximum length and independent mass were not established from the checked museum account.
Field Note
Keep the entire fish in an identification image when practical. Fin color alone is variable and should be considered with body form, markings and locality.
All Lakes With Redfin Pickerel
Browse lakes and reservoirs with documented Redfin Pickerel records, listed alphabetically. Records do not establish current abundance or public access. Check the evidence and managing authority for the water you choose.
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- Batterson Park Pond Capitol, CT
- Beaver Brook Pond Southeastern Connecticut, CT
- Beaver Brook Ponds South Central Connecticut, CT
- Bladens River Reservoir Naugatuck Valley, CT
- Broad Brook Reservoir Capitol, CT
- Broad Brook Reservoir Naugatuck Valley, CT
- Butterworth Brook Reservoir South Central Connecticut, CT
- Byram River Reservoir Western Connecticut, CT
- Chapmans Pond Lower Connecticut River Valley, CT
- Cold Brook Reservoir Capitol, CT
- Connecticut River Reservoir Capitol, CT
- Deep River Reservoir Southeastern Connecticut, CT
- Eagleville Pond Capitol, CT
- Falls River Pond Lower Connecticut River Valley, CT
- Goodwins Pond Southeastern Connecticut, CT
- Hartford Reservoir Number 2 Capitol, CT
- Hockanum River Reservoir Capitol, CT
- Lake Hammonasset South Central Connecticut, CT
- Lake Juniper Chesterfield, SC
- Lake Kenosia Western Connecticut, CT
- Lake Saltonstall South Central Connecticut, CT
- Leonard Pond Northwest Hills, CT
- Little River Reservoir Naugatuck Valley, CT
- Mudge Pond Northwest Hills, CT