Where can I catch pickeral in Florida?

[The Meat Fisher]

I remember it like it was yesterday, we were at our local park's pond with just a sliver of the sun left in the sky. On this particular day we had purchased a 10 dollar fly rod set and were testing it out, after a bream or 2 and the last bit of sun was all but gone we got small strike, something had scooped the lure right off the surface. "I got a bass this time." Said my Dad, and he set the hook my Dad related to us that this one was bigger than he originally thought And then-SPLASH-the pointed head of a pickerel breached the surface-translucent fins lit by the fading sun and shining scales left no doubt In our minds we had hooked into a pickerel! (quite elusive in our region.) Unfortunately we never even got to play this fish for the tippets that came with the rod were quite possibly -1 pound test.

No one ever said I couldn't tell A good fish story. Anyway does anyone no where I can catch pickerel in Florida? I have never seen another pickerel in Florida and I'm not exactly sure how fishing for them differ from bass. Can anyone help me catch this rare to Florida species?