Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose chain pickerel

Fishbird. Interesting idea to stock pickerel. Are you doing this to control other species? Take a look at this site and read page 393 to 404.
http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/becker.html
Is the chain pickerel the same as grass pickerel? If so it would appear that this would be a great fish to control panfish populations in a pond exept when I read how this has worked using its cousin the northern pike. I would also think any type of pickerel or pike in a pond would be a pain when fishing for anything else since their teeth would be constantly biting off hooks unless you always used a wire leader. I don't think I'd want to deal with this in my pond. If you really want pickerel you might try some hatcheries in Wisconsin or Minnesota. I know a lot of them sell Northern Pike but not sure about pickerel.