08-12-2009, 06:46 PM
Two quite different cousins. The size you describe could easily be a chain pickerel. I'll attach a couple of cell phone chain pickerel pics. As you can see, these easily exceed the length you've described. I don't have any pike pics.
Chain pickerel have darker chainlike markings on a light background; northern pike have light spots on a dark background. And pickerel have what is sometimes referred to as a "clown tear" (the smeared mascara look from the eye). You can easily see it here.
![[Image: Mar14pickerel3.jpg]](http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll404/thurgool/Mar14pickerel3.jpg)
![[Image: Mar14pickerel1.jpg]](http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll404/thurgool/Mar14pickerel1.jpg)
I took these pickerel in Maryland. Feel free to PM me for more info. I hope this is helpful.
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Chain pickerel have darker chainlike markings on a light background; northern pike have light spots on a dark background. And pickerel have what is sometimes referred to as a "clown tear" (the smeared mascara look from the eye). You can easily see it here.
I took these pickerel in Maryland. Feel free to PM me for more info. I hope this is helpful.
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