Fish ID ???

[AntlerCollector]

Caught this in my catfish pond. I've had this pond for 30 years and never seen one of these.

Yes Bob, it's a pond not a stock tank. I have park benches and flowers

[Shane]

Looks like a northern pike....a really lost one.

[97JeepGuy]

Definitly a northern pike... Wonder how he got in there.

[unclefish]

Chain pickerel. Not to common in Texas but they are here. I caught one on Lake Palestine 25 years ago.

[Philip-TX]

Pickerel

[ntxshooter]

Pickerel..American (grass), not chain

[hcshooter]

For sure a Pickerel, caught many of these in Lake Raystown back in Pa.

Good eating too.

[Jerry H]

I caught one at Lake of the Pines about 25 years ago on a spinner bait.

[boh347]

Wow I'd like to know how it ended up there!

[Slick8]

Agree with the above, Pickerel.

[HoustonHunter94]

The body looks like a pike but the markings don't so I am going to go with a Idunno

[Hawkpuppy 1]

They are fairly common in some east texas lakes

[fishingsetx]

Pickerel. We used to catch tons of them in the ditches behind our city park on small plastic worms fishing for bass. They were never very big but fun to catch.

[KickerPoint79]

Yep, pickerel. I caught one or two in Lake Hawkins several years ago.

[Razrbk89]

Chain pickerel. Probably flooded in or came in on a bird leg. We catch them occasionally and like others have mentioned, they're good eating!