Ice fisherman catches odd-looking fish that was considered suspicious

An odd-looking fish caught through the ice had Vermont Fish and Wildlife officials wondering if it had been lying in a cooler in direct contact with ice for a few hours.
It hadn’t.
Caden Hurley, who caught the strangely colored fish in a pond in central Vermont, “assured” VFW that the fish came through the hole in the ice exactly as you see it in his photos. And then it was released alive.
So, what is it? 
t’s a piebald chain pickerel.
Ice fisherman catches odd-looking fish that was considered suspicious