Smoked walleye

[atomicsmoke]

Could be a area thing on fish names. Down south where I'm from, Crappie are called White perch and up here in the north they are called crappie. When I first moved to Illinois and got into a bunch of crappie, the guy I was fishing with was making fun of me because I called them white perch.

Most likely. Sorry if i created confusion.

I hired a boat + skipper once for walleye fishing in lake Erie. We were out on the water...he was going on and on about pickerel. I told him "sorry but i didnt pay to fish pickerel, i am here for walleye". He probably tells the story to this day to his customers.

 

[Bearcarver]

Sorry. Up here it goes by both names. Not sure how is south of the border.

Walleye is like a BIG Yellow Perch, and Awesome eating.
Pickerel is more streamlined, and IMO are so bony they're only good to eat if you grind them & make Fish Patties with them. We don't usually keep Pickerel, because they're too Bony.
Pickerel are like a baby Pike or Musky, but mostly all we have around here are "Chain" Pickerel.

Bear

 

[atomicsmoke]

Didn't make that up

 

[Bearcarver]

Below is what they look like around here, in Eastern PA:

Walleye

 

[PAS]

Below is what they look like around here, in Eastern PA:

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Walleye

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Same here in N.E. Ohio

 

[smokerjim]

here in northeast pa
pickerel are pickerel and walleye are walleye two totally different fish, we used to pickle the pickerel those small bones actually dissolve really tasty nice white fillets.

 

[atomicsmoke]

No question we are all talking about the perch-like fish walleye not the pike-like pickerel.

But for some reason in Canada it is also called pickerel. Why? Don't know.