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| Per Slamr's suggestion, how do you guys go about catching your own suckers? Thanks. |
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Location: Valentine, NE USA | we used to snag them using a lightly weighted, bare 1/0 treble using a light spinning rod. if you have a small creek that has suckers, just cast it out in front of the school, let it sit on the bottom, then wait for them to swim over.
takes some practice to get the timing right...but very effective.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | We have lots of them in the Pelican river here, and my son catches them pretty regularly using a weighetd hook and a night crawler. Problem is getting them the right size, most are too large. |
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| I have caught them in rivers and streams in the pools. Worms work great. |
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| What size are we talking? |
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Location: Washington, PA | I have caught them on light spinning tackle using worms, but I've found powerbait works better. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Keith tells me to try the river or stream pools just out of the current in the deepest part. The size of the sucker caught here on the Pelican River can range from 12" to 24". Redhorse can even be larger. |
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| I've got a silly question about this. How do you guys transport your suckers after you catch them? A tank with an aerator I'd presume? Or if you're lucky enough to be able to catch bait out of a boat the same day... you're livewell. There's a river west of me in N. IL where I've caught lots of river suckers in the 12 to 18 inch range. Pretty fiesty too. Just never thought about getting them back up to the Fox Chain or Shabbona. Would really save a few bucks though. Any ideas? Thanks.
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| if the air temps are cold (less than 50ish) transport them in a big cooler, whatever you use for beverages. when it's really cold, we dont need to aeriate the water. if it's warm....good luck. the bigger the container the better, and you will need to aeriate. you'd be suprised how well fresh suckers last in a big cooler if it's cold out.
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| An Aerator will be essential for keeping your bait livley and in good condition, putting ice in with your suckers will help too.
Edited by DaveG 10/21/2005 2:21 PM
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