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| | Florida's Freshwater Fisheries-Chain Pickerel |
 | | We're referring to the Chain Pickerel (Esox niger) with a wide mouth filled with recurved, needle-sharp teeth capable of inflicting nasty scars upon both fishing plugs and human fingers. |
 | | Throughout Florida, chain pickerel are found in heavily vegetated lakes, rivers, swamps and backwaters, in or near grass beds, lily pads, stumps and underwater snags, usually in quiet areas with slow or no water flow. |
 | | Nor should the chain pickerel be mistaken for its larger relatives, the Pike (Esox lucius), commonly referred to as a Northern Pike or Great Northern, or the Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy). |
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