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Old 02-08-2012, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher View Post
Fact is those suckers spawn and have little baby fish. Those baby fish and fingerlings and 1 and 2 year olds feed the bigger fish. In pike, perch, walleye lakes...white suckers are an important food for the predators.

Throwing any fish into the bush is a waste and does not demonstrate true sportsman values.

Suckers occupy a different niche that the sport fish in a natural system. Killing them is a poor practice.
Well said. And a fatty fish to boot! Its the fatty/oily fish which allow our game fish to grow to mammoth size.
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