Pickerel on Winnie....
Hey Nadia,
Pickerel live pretty much anywhere but seem to prefer shallow weedy locations. They are very common in the back coves and basins with lots of weeds..... All the areas up by Lee's Mills, The Basin (off Winter Harbor), the areas around Salmon Meadow Cove, Back Bay in Wolfboro, and the aptly named Fish and Pickerel Coves should all hold decent populations of pickerel.
If your looking at other locations.... any weedy shallow pond or lake will have them for sure.
As for baits... they will eat anything that moves! But soft plastic baits... senkos or other soft stick baits.... worms.... lizards etc seem to do the trick.
If you've never tangled with these fish, make sure you have a good pair of needle nose pliers and use caution getting your hooks out... they are rather toothy critters!
Good Luck!
Gusman
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