No, completely different fish. Pickerel are related to Pike and Muskies. Walleye are related to Perch.
There was a fish called the "Blue Pike" in the Great Lakes, which was related to Walleye, not Pike, but they were rendered completely extinct by commercial fishing in the early 1960s.
We have Pickerel here in freshwater (Maryland) and I've never met or heard of ANYONE bothering to eat them. I don't bother eating freshwater fish at all, same is true of most people around here. I laugh when I hear of people talking about stuff like Yellow Perch as a delicacy; we have those too, and to me they're pretty bad-tasting; not even remotely comparable to saltwater fish in terms of eating.
Sorry, freshwater perch, bluegill and catfish beat out oily saltwater fish any day.
Forgot about trout and bass.
I LOVE lake fish: pickerel, perch, blue gill, oh, and SMELT (batter-dipped and fried up nice and crispy!
My preference for lake fish could be partly because that is what I mostly ate while growing up, but it's just as likely due to their having a relatively mild taste.
What kind of saltwater fish would you recommend?
We have Pickerel here in freshwater (Maryland)
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Maybe that's the problem, fishing in Maryland.
EH?
Freshwater fish taste just fine.