Pickerel Fishing in Chipman
Nice fall scenery.
James and I decided to go pickerel fishing on Saturday, in what could sadly be my last day of fishing for this season. I picked James up at around 5am, which turned out to be a little too early as when we arrived in Chipman it was still dark 
I guess it is better to be too early then too ;ate when it comes to fishing. We unloaded the canoe and decided to fish from shore for 10 minutes. When it became a little lighter out we decided to get the canoe loaded up and hit the water. With the water being so high everywhere this year I did not really know what to expect during our day of fishing; I was certainly hoping for a good day.
When we put the canoe in we fished right around the culverts like we normally do. We did not have any hits so we went across the cove to the bank in the middle. We started making our way up the bank and we started to get a few strikes. James landed the first few pickerel. I think he landed three and then I landed my first pickerel of the day. We started using the red senkos as they are the biggest producers when it comes to pickerel fishing. We made our way around the cove and then decided to go through the culverts and try fishing on the other side for awhile. We probably landed a few pickerel and then decided to go back through the culverts to where we started. As we were fishing both of us tried a few different lures and colored senkos. James used a different shade of red. It was a darker colour and he had good luck using that for a part of the day.
We made one more loop around the cove and then decided to put the trolling motor on the canoe and go across the river to where we had good luck trolling back and forth a long a point a few years ago. As we were going there we fished along the bank on the other side of the river. We had good luck along this stretch as well. We had many hits and landed a few more pickerel. We then decided to do some trolling along the point. James put on a sinking hard bait and he had good luck using it. He caught two perch and two or three pickerel. I put on a sinking rubber minnow and caught a nice pickerel. I then decided to put on a Blue Fox with a white skirt. I caught a decent sized perch with the bait.
James and his best catch of the day.
James’ best catch of the day was a round 24 1/2 inches. I also caught a good sized pickerel. James netted it for me. As we put the net in the canoe the lure fell out. As I went to grab the fish for a picture it flipped, bounced off a paddle and fell back into the water. Honestly, that really did happen The one I caught trolling was nice and we were able to get a picture As we were trolling it started to rain hard. We continued to fish for about an hour and then decided that since we had a good day that it was not worth sitting in the rain for another 2 hours. We packed up and headed home around 4:30pm.
My best "photographed" pickerel of the day.
I would say James landed close to 20 fish for the day and I landed 10. With the way the conditions have been all season, we were very pleased with the day we had. If this was my last day of fishing, I was glad it was an enjoyable one.
James also wrote a post about the day on his site.
Tagged with: chain pickerel • Chiopman • red senko • trolling motor
Filed under: Chain Pickerel Fishing
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Great news
Fishing sure has been slow this year
where’s a good spot to catch a few pickerel in Chipmen, any tips appreciated
Thanks
I had a great time Jamie.
Just wanted to mention that the ‘other’ red senko like bait I was using was from Damiki Baits. They did work pretty well but the pickerel attacks chew them up twice as fast as our regular red senko, so they disappear faster and they cost more as I only got 12 per pack.
Of course I don’t remember what I paid but I know it was a lot more than we paid the red senkos type.
I bought them at Phil’s Auto & Recreation the day Casey took me fishing the Oromocto River.
Here’s that post:
http://www.thejoyofflyfishing.com/flyfishing/bass-fishing/first-time-fishing-oromocto-new-brunswick/
Hey Matt,
When you drive past the Irving on the main road you keep going straight and you come to a Y in the road. Stay left, and you will end up by 2 culverts under the road. We fish on both sides of this area. Certainly better if you have a boat or canoe. We usually stay right around this area.
Thanks for reading and posting a comment.
Coal Creek just outside chipman are where the monsters are, lots and lots, unload your canoe beside the bridge, go around the corner and start fishing, tons of weeds, tons of pickerel. LUNKERMAN!!
Hey Lunkerman,
Is Coal Creek by Redbank where we fish at the culverts? Thanks for any directions or help with it. I will look on Google Maps to see if I can find it. Looks like it is before Chipman. Looking at the map is it to the right?
I believe you will find Coal Creek if you use Google maps and type in this phrase:
Coal Creek, New Brunswick, Canada
Oh yeah, and I want to fish there. Just need a car, a driver and a boat.
Hey Jim, that is where we stopped and walked down the little road and then decided not to launch the boat as it was quite rough. I think u even took some pics of it!!
Ya, looked it up, in your blog 31 Jul 2011
I was wondering if that was the spot. I was thinking maybe it was closer to the main highway.
That was actually the first place I used my float tube, about 15 or 20 years ago.
It was about the hottest day of the year and I didn’t inflate the float tube enough making it really hard to push it through the water. It worked so much better once I inflated it more.
I used to stop there on my way to Chipman and walk down where you and I did. I hooked into a big pickerel casting to the right at that spot.
But I have never fished it properly, always headed to Red Bank or Briggs Corner.
After taking a quick look at these pics I must add YOU NEED TO LEARN YOUR FISH THESE ARE NORTHERN PIKE NOT PICKEREL…..
Chris, I’ve been fishing these Chain Pickerel for about 30 years here in New Brunswick and before that fishing pike in Ontario and I can tell you that they may look similar from a distance but up close they don’t.