[bchez]

How long does a grass pickerel have to be to be kept in Michigan?

 

[WALLEYE MIKE]

I don't think there is a size limit. They don't get very large anyway.

My question is why and who would keep one?

 

[swampbuck]

Never heard of it.......Now I learned something today.

 

[don]

They do exist, even in Michigan. Not much eating on one though and the world record is one pound......
http://www.gofishn.com/content/grass-pickerel

 

[Tom Morang]

I don't think there is a size limit. They don't get very large anyway.

My question is why and who would keep one?

Do you eat shrimp?

 

[WALLEYE MIKE]

Do you eat shrimp?

Yes but they're not filled with bones.

 

[Dale87]

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/general-fishing-regs_272352_7.pdf

Believe it would be listed under all other fish at the bottom of the chart.

 

[mackmack]

I have caught a few of them over the years. I fished a lot in gravel pits and ponds growing up. If I remember correctly you want the smaller, warmer and weedier bodies of water. I can recall seeing them at times in shallow weedy areas and to me they were similar to pike but had a slight difference. That was just my own observations though.