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So I suppose apples should be called fruit of the forbidden tree. If everyone that called them pickerel, does that make them right.

I'm with Lew and TJ...Now my sons and grandson call them pickerel 'cause that's what they were taught...!

TRUE DAT!!!

I to grew up pickerel fishing. That’s what my grandpa called them. I don’t think I knew what a walleye was until I started reading Ontario Fisherman. I still fish for pickerel and I still hunt partridge from time to time. That’s not about to change because of some biologist!

My Dad taught me to fish waaaay back in the early 50's and they were pickerel then and they're still pickerel today and they always will be pickerel.

Pickerel vs Walleye: Setting the Record Straight by Elle Andra-Warner So, what’s all this about the “Canadian pickerel” really being a “walleye?” Are we talking about the same fish having two names? For generations, when Americans have said “It is a walleye,” we Canadians have—sometimes defiantly—responded, “We call it pickerel in Canada; Americans call it walleye.” Have we been wrong all these years? Well, the answer is yes. A few years ago after I wrote about pickerel fishing on Lake Winnipeg with commercial fishermen, a retired fish biologist contacted me to say that I had actually been fishing for walleye not pickerel. He said that the walleye and pickerel are two unrelated fish, do not even look similar and belong to two different fish families. “But don’t take my word for it” he said, “Check it out yourself.” I did. He was right. Who knew that all these years, we Canadians have been erroneously calling a walleye by the wrong name of pickerel A walleye (Sander vitreus) is the largest member of the perch family; can weigh over 20 pounds; varies in colour; tastes delicious, and is found in most of Canada and northern U.S. The pickerel is a member of the pike family (Esocidae); found only in eastern North America and is the common name for three closely-related freshwater fish: chain pickerel (Esox niger) which looks like a northern pike with a long snout; and the smaller redfin pickerel and grass pickerel (both Esox americanus). To many of us Canadians, the walleye is still our pickerel. Restaurants still list pickerel dinners on their menus and most stores (including the famous Fish House) still sell pickerel (not walleye) fillets and the delicious delicacy of pickerel cheeks. Two states and two provinces have adopted the walleye as their official fish: Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (though both provinces admit most residents still call it “pickerel”) and American states of Minnesota and South Dakota. So can we file this under Tiller Vs Console debates. lol Art

They'll lose to the Habs in the first round. (And I'm not a Habs fan) You heard it here first!

My co-workers hate me because I say anything other then Sander Vitreus is just a nickname. Some pretty cool info there.

We're. Fixed that for you. But nice try.

yes, we are a sovereign country we can call it anything we want some countries call it a trunk while some call it a boot..who's right groundhogs or prairie dogs we know what they are