|
12-03-2009, 10:04 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: lethbridge ab
Posts: 285
|
|
suckers through the ice
so a lake across the street from my work has some suckers and i was thinking it could b a fun way of spending a lunches.
so does anyone caught suckers through the ice and how would i catch them?
thanks
buck
|
12-03-2009, 10:07 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,349
|
|
I've had luck with a ball of maggots on a single hook flutter spoon, similar to the small fish shaped russian hook.
__________________
Respecting the land, water, fish, and wildlife is what makes true hunters and fishermen.
Road hunting is not hunting.
|
12-03-2009, 10:09 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Lethbridge, Alberta
Posts: 4,064
|
|
Suckers love worms. so maybe try a small jig head with a chunk of worm or a pickerel rig with a worm and maybe a fish egg.
Nate
|
12-03-2009, 10:33 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Drayton Valley, AB
Posts: 96
|
|
Yep the only way ive ever caught them ugly buggers was with a pickerel rig and worms.
|
12-04-2009, 08:49 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 2,130
|
|
A plan old jig head tipped with a dew worm bounced right on the bottom. Ensure you allow the hook to lay right on the bottom once you have seen the suckers come in. Let them suck it in and bingo bango.
|
12-04-2009, 08:52 AM
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 122
|
|
I have never caught one. Are they good to eat?
|
12-04-2009, 09:21 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Middle of the Prairies
Posts: 400
|
|
When I saw your post title, I thought you were going to tell a story about some suckers that went out on thin ice and fell through! But alas, you meant the fish.
|
12-04-2009, 09:26 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Lake Lenore, Saskatchewan
Posts: 3,592
|
|
They are not good to eat IMO. Mushy, oily and gross!
|
12-04-2009, 09:43 AM
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St Albert, AB
Posts: 228
|
|
Do not eat them!
|
12-04-2009, 09:52 AM
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,737
|
|
Catch a bunch, freeze them and use them to catch some big ass jacks!!!
|
12-04-2009, 11:04 AM
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 122
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunter Trav
Catch a bunch, freeze them and use them to catch some big ass jacks!!!
|
Sounds like a damn good idea. Is that even allowed?
|
12-04-2009, 11:18 AM
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 245
|
|
use dead sucker as a bait fish is allowed, as it is not a game fish.
|
12-04-2009, 12:36 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 2,130
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by splitflame
I have never caught one. Are they good to eat?
|
I've never tried but I hear they are not the best. Apparently very boney. I have seen a certain ethnic group catch and keep Suckers on a regular basis out of the North Sask. Thanks but no thanks.
|
12-04-2009, 01:08 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Lake Lenore, Saskatchewan
Posts: 3,592
|
|
I remember back in the day in sask that we would catch them, keep them alive and hook them up on tip ups. A great way to catch pike. I'm sure it will work frozen too, but it was great when we could use live bait.
|
12-04-2009, 01:39 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Calgary
Posts: 318
|
|
Sucker is my favorite fish to catch. I cook em whole, the heart and liver are the tastiest!!
|
12-04-2009, 02:25 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 1,291
|
|
Sucker Cooking
If they are good to eat, how to do prepare to eat and best method of cooking ?
Cheers
|
12-04-2009, 05:01 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 12,866
|
|
people put down suckers, but do some research and you will see the have the same diet as trout. Ive eaten suckers from clean water, just boney, same as carp, but good meat. I wouldnt eat them out of the rivers because I wont eat anything out of the rivers in Alberta, Ive seen what goes into them.
__________________
Dinos
696
Shove your masks and your vaccines
Non Compliance!!!!!!
"According to Trudeau, Im an extremist who needs to be dealt with"
#Trudeau must go
Wheres The Funds
The vaccine was not brought in for COVID. COVID was brought in for the vaccine. Once you realize that, everything else makes sense.” ~ Dr. Reiner Fuellmich
|
12-04-2009, 09:16 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southern Alberta
Posts: 196
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by WayneChristie
people put down suckers, but do some research and you will see the have the same diet as trout. Ive eaten suckers from clean water, just boney, same as carp, but good meat. I wouldnt eat them out of the rivers because I wont eat anything out of the rivers in Alberta, Ive seen what goes into them.
|
Agreed. Safe to eat out of lakes, rivers no thanks. Not overly great eating, some people eat them smoked, I would try smoked, but never again fried. That was not good, too oily for me. Worms work great, too good sometimes.
|
12-04-2009, 10:12 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 8,144
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by WayneChristie
people put down suckers, but do some research and you will see the have the same diet as trout. Ive eaten suckers from clean water, just boney, same as carp, but good meat. I wouldnt eat them out of the rivers because I wont eat anything out of the rivers in Alberta, Ive seen what goes into them.
|
Back in Sask when I was a kid we used to put down burbots too...called them 'dogfish' and usually left them out on the ice because they were bottom feeders.
It's funny how our views have changed on these guys
__________________
Jay: Mostly harmless...
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
- Strung Out
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams
|
12-04-2009, 10:26 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
Posts: 1,220
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by fisherwoman
Agreed. Safe to eat out of lakes, rivers no thanks. Not overly great eating, some people eat them smoked, I would try smoked, but never again fried. That was not good, too oily for me. Worms work great, too good sometimes.
|
They are nice smoked and Wayne is right, their diet is almost the same at trout. I caught them fly fishing with SJWs and boy do they fight hard on a light 4 wt.
The really annoying thing is that they are bony. It's funny how "lazy" some people are eating fish, if suckers had meat you could fillet off like perch and walleye, I doubt we would be having this conversation. However, just like pike it really matters what kind of water you catch them from as they can get that muddy taste like pike can. From good cold waters, sucker meat will rival any game fish. But overall they do probably make much better bait
|
12-04-2009, 10:49 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 12,866
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Geezle
Back in Sask when I was a kid we used to put down burbots too...called them 'dogfish' and usually left them out on the ice because they were bottom feeders.
It's funny how our views have changed on these guys
|
I remember at Buffalo Pound lake, seeing piles of ling frozen on the ice just tossed away, what a waste, if they had tried one Im sure the people would have gone around and picked up everyone elses leavings for sure. I heard they were real cod, so I tried one eventually in Calgary, and have eaten every one Ive caught since then, the one fish I wont throw back.
__________________
Dinos
696
Shove your masks and your vaccines
Non Compliance!!!!!!
"According to Trudeau, Im an extremist who needs to be dealt with"
#Trudeau must go
Wheres The Funds
The vaccine was not brought in for COVID. COVID was brought in for the vaccine. Once you realize that, everything else makes sense.” ~ Dr. Reiner Fuellmich
|
12-04-2009, 11:55 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Eckville
Posts: 438
|
|
thats pretty much wat ling is man, fresh water cod, fresh water fish and chips is all lol
|
12-05-2009, 08:19 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 12,866
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by go-big-or-go-home
thats pretty much wat ling is man, fresh water cod, fresh water fish and chips is all lol
|
you bet, and the best fish and chips you can get anywhere, right out of the water, not hanging around on a bed of ice in a truck for days.
About suckers, I recall reading about the settlers canning them, and with the right seasonings the suckers were supposed to taste just like salmon. That would take care of the bones too.
__________________
Dinos
696
Shove your masks and your vaccines
Non Compliance!!!!!!
"According to Trudeau, Im an extremist who needs to be dealt with"
#Trudeau must go
Wheres The Funds
The vaccine was not brought in for COVID. COVID was brought in for the vaccine. Once you realize that, everything else makes sense.” ~ Dr. Reiner Fuellmich
|
12-05-2009, 08:22 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 8,144
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by WayneChristie
you bet, and the best fish and chips you can get anywhere, right out of the water, not hanging around on a bed of ice in a truck for days.
About suckers, I recall reading about the settlers canning them, and with the right seasonings the suckers were supposed to taste just like salmon. That would take care of the bones too.
|
Actually I just finished reading a book about fishing in Western Canada, and they make mention of canning and pickling 'coarse' fish, and apparently both methods are supposed to work quite well.
I think the book may have even had a couple recipes for doing it...
__________________
Jay: Mostly harmless...
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
- Strung Out
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams
|
12-05-2009, 04:37 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
Posts: 1,220
|
|
http://www.southendwalleyeslayer.com/sucker2007.pdf
Almost every possible recipe you can think of with suckers. It's strange how regional differences occur as suckers are fairly well regarded in Michigan and other places.
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:23 PM.
|