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02-08-2012, 07:22 AM
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What 2 Do With Suckers
Throw 'em in the bushes Where U catch them. Let the Local animals eat 'em.
In My opinion, they are Rough fish that are certainly No good for the Sport Fishery. I'd continue this practice until the Biologists (they do know everything, don't they) say they are "endangered" and we gotta quit doin' it !!
.....or kill 'em and use them for pike bait.
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02-08-2012, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by The DragonSlayer
Throw 'em in the bushes Where U catch them. Let the Local animals eat 'em.
In My opinion, they are Rough fish that are certainly No good for the Sport Fishery. I'd continue this practice until the Biologists (they do know everything, don't they) say they are "endangered" and we gotta quit doin' it !!
.....or kill 'em and use them for pike bait.
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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.
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02-08-2012, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
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.
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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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02-09-2012, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
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.
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..................and in other lakes also. don't forget about the mighty and protected Bull Trout.
Dace
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02-09-2012, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Daceminnow
..................and in other lakes also. don't forget about the mighty and protected Bull Trout.
Dace
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The suckers are the reason why the Bull Trout are as big as they are for sure. A prime food source.
In mountain rivers...mountain sucker young are targetted by bulls, cutts, rainbows and browns...and likely larger mountain whitefish.
Another way to address the statement " No good for the Sport Fishery. " is in a natural system... mother nature created them for a reason and they are integrated into the ecology of the stream or lake and the life cycle of the predators. Playing God in a natural ecosystem makes no sense...without having a biologist speak to it.
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02-10-2012, 05:37 PM
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7 pages
WOW ! Seven pages of fighting, arguing, and name calling over suckers.
Hey. How about Canmore's bunnies? To kill, or not to kill, that is the question.
Be it more noble to put them on reserves or use them to feed the downtrodden..........blah, blah, blah, blah !!!
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02-10-2012, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by The DragonSlayer
WOW ! Seven pages of fighting, arguing, and name calling over suckers.
Hey. How about Canmore's bunnies? To kill, or not to kill, that is the question.
Be it more noble to put them on reserves or use them to feed the downtrodden..........blah, blah, blah, blah !!!
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Glad your opinion is the only right one . thanks for enlightening us
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02-10-2012, 05:59 PM
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Can we use the bunnies as bait.....
Suckers are part of the food chain so .... Hummmm
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02-10-2012, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by harrydude
Can we use the bunnies as bait.....
Suckers are part of the food chain so .... Hummmm
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awesome bait. take a couple to the derby and find out for yourself
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02-10-2012, 06:17 PM
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That's the plan....
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02-10-2012, 06:20 PM
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they certainly liked this one
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02-10-2012, 06:25 PM
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Looks like there is still bait life in him...
Do you just use a quick strike rig?
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02-10-2012, 06:27 PM
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had 3 trebles on a quickstrike in him, missed the first fish and caught the second, lost the bait down the hole , unfortunately,when I was unhooking the pike and my thumb. Have a much bigger one saved for Newell
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02-10-2012, 06:33 PM
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Good thing they were barbless .....
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02-10-2012, 09:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
The suckers are the reason why the Bull Trout are as big as they are for sure. A prime food source.
In mountain rivers...mountain sucker young are targetted by bulls, cutts, rainbows and browns...and likely larger mountain whitefish.
Another way to address the statement " No good for the Sport Fishery. " is in a natural system... mother nature created them for a reason and they are integrated into the ecology of the stream or lake and the life cycle of the predators. Playing God in a natural ecosystem makes no sense...without having a biologist speak to it.
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in many of our x lakes you have only suckers & pike . what would you prefer. suckers are bottom feeders - a prime food source for many species -- leave them be . thank you .
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02-11-2012, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by pecker
in many of our x lakes you have only suckers & pike . what would you prefer. suckers are bottom feeders - a prime food source for many species -- leave them be . thank you .
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ummm...are you agreeing with me or not agreeing with me? Do you think suckers should not be dumped in the bush as I stated or the opposite?
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02-11-2012, 11:20 AM
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im getting ready for the NSR sucker run they are good fighters my favorite fish to catch after sturgeon
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02-11-2012, 11:39 AM
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got to love suckers!! Cut them into steaks for catfish bait. !
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02-11-2012, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
ummm...are you agreeing with me or not agreeing with me? Do you think suckers should not be dumped in the bush as I stated or the opposite?
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i'm saying the suckers should be left alone . in just a pike -sucker environment its the main source of food or the pike would cannibalize themselves.
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02-12-2012, 08:12 AM
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Let's All Agree
In a Closed system, do what U want with the damn suckers.
In an Open system, put them back.
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