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I do quite a bit of freshwater fishing. I have a lake near me that is loaded with pickerel. They are a blast to catch. Right now is a great time for them and pike too if you have them near you. With the cool water it can almost be a fish every cast. I find April to be the best month, but October is great too. If they aren't hitting what you are throwing, don't be afraid to change baits. Soft swim baits are good and so are x raps and spinnerbaits. Trout for me have been slower this year. My lake is really muddied up with the rain, and in a shallower part that was 15 feet is now 3 with massive weed growth this summer. Got out on sunday with my son and got some nice fish. He even got a LMB on a vintage trout spoon I gave him to use since the pickerel like them.
Hope to have a few good weeks left. May have to bundle up some, but don't plan on quitting till mid November. Below is a pic of a 3 lb pickerel that hit a 3" swim shad as soon as it hit the water.
Good luck
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