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06-19-2015, 11:33 AM
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Sucker on the fly
Got a surprise the other day playing around with the Goldeye and landed this in. Caught suckers before but this was a bigger one approx. 20 plus inches. I only half scooped him to shore and took a couple crappy pics (by myself again no friends) and let him swim off. Was definitely a different fight than the goldeye where.
My question is this a Red Tail? not Red because of the season?
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06-19-2015, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Darren N
Got a surprise the other day playing around with the Goldeye and landed this in. Caught suckers before but this was a bigger one approx. 20 plus inches. I only half scooped him to shore and took a couple crappy pics (by myself again no friends) and let him swim off. Was definitely a different fight than the goldeye where.
My question is this a Red Tail? not Red because of the season?
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Not a sucker specialist but I believe it's a red horse sucker. Don't think we have red tails in alberta. What did you catch him on? I've heard they are a strongman fighter
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06-19-2015, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by lds
Not a sucker specialist but I believe it's a red horse sucker. Don't think we have red tails in alberta. What did you catch him on? I've heard they are a strongman fighter
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On a sink tip black sparkle bugger. Non bead head.
Yes he fought hard - one of the few times I had to use my reel to play him.
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06-19-2015, 02:51 PM
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By the looks of the anal fin I think it is a White Sucker...I catch them quite often on the fly rod while fishing for whitefish, trout and goldeye.
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06-19-2015, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by jkind
By the looks of the anal fin I think it is a White Sucker...I catch them quite often on the fly rod while fishing for whitefish, trout and goldeye.
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Cool - this one from the NSR.
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06-19-2015, 06:05 PM
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Nice catch! Looks like a silver redhorse to me.
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06-19-2015, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by WhitefishLady
Nice catch! Looks like a silver redhorse to me.
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Thanks.
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06-20-2015, 01:00 AM
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That fish is a silver redhorse sucker.
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06-20-2015, 08:29 AM
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Awesome I've been meaning to try out the nsr for a while now!
Well on my fly rod anyways
As for goldeye and suckers can I use bite tippet like I use for pike or would they spook seeing that?
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06-20-2015, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by davesilva
Awesome I've been meaning to try out the nsr for a while now!
Well on my fly rod anyways
As for goldeye and suckers can I use bite tippet like I use for pike or would they spook seeing that?
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I use regular 3x tippet looped on to my sink tip about 18 inches long. The odd fish will bite through and break off but I think it gives a better presentation than a wire leader.
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06-20-2015, 09:16 AM
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That's awesome! Some elitists might turn their noses up at that, but I think that's an awesome catch
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06-20-2015, 10:50 AM
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That's awesome! Some elitists might turn their noses up at that, but I think that's an awesome catch
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Thanks. I love trout fishing in rivers and streams all the same but when you have a resource like this so close to home I can't pass it up plus it is a different challenge to catch these in comparison.
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06-20-2015, 11:16 AM
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Exactly what I was thinking not enough people fly fish the nsr
I'm going to try hermitage once the waters low in august
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06-20-2015, 11:44 AM
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I can't help but ask, did it eat the sparkle bugger or just get hooked in the snout?
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06-20-2015, 12:00 PM
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I can't help but ask, did it eat the sparkle bugger or just get hooked in the snout?
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Most get hooked right in the snout like they nibble at it and are not sure.i still lose more hooks in trees than bite offs.
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06-20-2015, 01:55 PM
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I could be wrong but that looks like one of those illegally stocked Prussian carp. There have been reports of them in the NSR. Can't really tell from the pictures though.
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06-20-2015, 02:28 PM
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^^^ you are without a doubt wrong^^^
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06-20-2015, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by mrluke1
I could be wrong but that looks like one of those illegally stocked Prussian carp. There have been reports of them in the NSR. Can't really tell from the pictures though.
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definitely not a prussian carp. Please don't kill if you're not sure!
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