I took the advise from members here and passed it along to my brother who fished a lake near Great Adventure in Jackson. He has been there about a dozen times in the last few weeks, and every time he is catching pickerel, bass, perch, etc. Just yesterday he claims he had a pickerel, but also claims that it was over 3 feet and broke the line when he was the net. PIKE? MAYBE? My brother was only using 4 lbs test...
Needless to say, I bought my freshwater licence today and now I have to show him how to land this thing... Power Pro...