Too Kill or not to kill a Suckerfish, That is the qustion?

[alodar]

Ill be more than happy to pick up any freshly.caught suckers for bait that someones tossing.in the bushes

[Jorg]

Originally Posted by great white whaler

Don't go killin the suckers they keep the lakes waters clean

How so ? Are they a filter feeder ?

[Tezma]

Nah, Take a rock crater there heads and toss them for the hawks.

bahahahah

[mikeo2]

Originally Posted by Tezma

Nah, Take a rock crater there heads and toss them for the hawks.

bahahahah

6 inch filet knife between the eyes works well to.

[horsetrader]

Originally Posted by SwampShark

1. Wow - just read up the page with someone getting on another guy about not reading the whole thread LOL
2. Want some good sucker recipies

Ya that was me I figure it is polite to read the full thread before posting.
As far as your post about suckers in stock trout ponds. You are right in that situation we would not have to worry about the suckers eating the trout eggs. But because there is no natural predator for the sucker in that pond there is no way to control the numbers of suckers. With the increase of suckers and the fact that the suckers eat the same food as the trout it will not take long before the over run of suckers and competition for food has a drastic effect on the trout. Your next question was has anyone ever eaten suck? Yes they can be pickled,canned, fish patties but the best is taking a fish under 2 lb and smoke it they taste great.

[Tezma]

Originally Posted by horsetrader

Ya that was me I figure it is polite to read the full thread before posting.
As far as your post about suckers in stock trout ponds. You are right in that situation we would not have to worry about the suckers eating the trout eggs. But because there is no natural predator for the sucker in that pond there is no way to control the numbers of suckers. With the increase of suckers and the fact that the suckers eat the same food as the trout it will not take long before the over run of suckers and competition for food has a drastic effect on the trout. Your next question was has anyone ever eaten suck? Yes they can be pickled,canned, fish patties but the best is taking a fish under 2 lb and smoke it they taste great.

X2

Sucker goes to the trout and then, trout gets

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by chubbdarter

I hate perch...but i'll be happy to bonk a big trout....lol

Lol. Bring you best trout lure and see what bites first.

[pickrel pat]

Originally Posted by chubbdarter

If you had a legitimate moose issue with the area you are intimate with...i'd respect your opinion something should be done.....im not for killing for the sake of killing...Im all for managing a resource for balance with regard to a choosen species.

if you go all the way back to post......1........ he isnt saying because there is an overabundance of suckers to kill em. he is saying to kill suckers in general! btw, arnt suckers a cool water fish and trout a cold water fish? shouldnt there be an invisible line!? lol.

[chubbdarter]

Originally Posted by pickrel pat

if you go all the way back to post......1........ he isnt saying because there is an overabundance of suckers to kill em. he is saying to kill suckers in general! btw, arnt suckers a cool water fish and trout a cold water fish? shouldnt there be an invisible line!? lol.

i have no idea where the OP stands on the Bass issue...but its clear where i stand therefore i feel your post was directed at me....so i answered with my point of view.



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Originally Posted by pickrel pat

to you people who say its o.k to throw suckers away because they are competing with other fish are the same people who want to introduce bass into our waters, and by the way..... is it o.k for me to shoot all the moose i see and leave them for the wolves because i hunt whitetails and moose are competing with my whitetails?

[walking buffalo]

Originally Posted by 858king

And similarly, if a person decides to kill a publicly owned fish, even a sucker, for no reason other than simply killing it, then he is vandalising a public resource. To what end would the justification be? If bait, fine; food, fine; dogfood, probably; fertilizer for a personal garden, great (although verging on wasteful). If just to kill it for some sort of personal goal, then not so great.

The law allows for the killing of suckers, and wasting them. It is not vandalism, yet.

Originally Posted by horsetrader

Nice side stepping around the issue so this time i will ask straight out WHO owns the Gophers

Originally Posted by horsetrader

So we are in agreement that there is no difference between the killing of gophers and the killing of suckers.

Cheers

There is a legal difference in the classification of Gophers and Suckers.

Suckers are a non-game fish.

Gophers are a Nuisance under the Agricultural Pest Act.

An open mind can see the management of animal and fish species needs to be practiced on a fine scale. Each field/waterbody is unique.

Originally Posted by chubbdarter

If you had a legitimate moose issue with the area you are intimate with...i'd respect your opinion something should be done.....im not for killing for the sake of killing...Im all for managing a resource for balance with regard to a choosen species.

Killing just to kill is "old skool"....

[great white whaler]

Originally Posted by Jorg

How so ? Are they a filter feeder ?

alge eaters ,all gods creatures have a reason .

[drhu22]

If suckers weren't so butt-ugly, i wonder how many people would would want to kill/cull them then?

[horsetrader]

Originally Posted by great white whaler

alge eaters ,all gods creatures have a reason .

Catostomids are most often found in rivers but can be found in any freshwater environment. Their food ranges from detritus and bottom dwelling organisms (such as crustaceans and worms), to surface insects and small fishes.

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by horsetrader

Catostomids are most often found in rivers but can be found in any freshwater environment. Their food ranges from detritus and bottom dwelling organisms (such as crustaceans and worms), to surface insects and small fishes.

X2

The aquatic insects are the ones that feed on the algae, diatoms etc... The fish then eat the insects. We don't really have the algae grazing fish in Alberta like you see in some aquarium fish species.

[SwampShark]

Originally Posted by horsetrader

they can be pickled,canned, fish patties but the best is taking a fish under 2 lb and smoke it they taste great.

I might have to give that a try if I ever get myself a smoker. Fish that aren't top predators are usually the healthiest to eat.

[Christofficer]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

X2

The aquatic insects are the ones that feed on the algae, diatoms etc... The fish then eat the insects. We don't really have the algae grazing fish in Alberta like you see in some aquarium fish species.

Your post reminds of that pic someone posted of the plecostomus caught in the bow

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by Christofficer

Your post reminds of that pic someone posted of the plecostomus caught in the bow

LOL

I remember that...hence my aquarium fish reference. It was a very big one if I recall. As a kid I bought them small and raised them big and sold them back to the pet store for a profit.

[BeeGuy]

I think suckers are cool looking, and there's a whole bunch of different species.

I caught a 6lb sucker in lower Arrow lake this summer and it had a super long mouth.

It was awesome.


Today I caught a sucker in the Bow and Tezma oversaw it's safe return.

[FishingFrenzy]

Originally Posted by BeeGuy

I think suckers are cool looking, and there's a whole bunch of different species.

I caught a 6lb sucker in lower Arrow lake this summer and it had a super long mouth.

It was awesome.


Today I caught a sucker in the Bow and Tezma oversaw it's safe return.

Good thing Horse wasnt there... he would have thrown it in the bushes.

[Tezma]

Originally Posted by BeeGuy

Today I caught a sucker in the Bow and Tezma oversaw it's safe return.

It was lucky! hahaha

[jtoews80]

We used to catch 3-400 lbs of them and can them. If canned in tomato sauce they're quite similar to tuna. What can I say, we lived off the land. Fried or roasted in the over they taste like mud. Also, a half 5 gallon pail left sealed over summer with a few other ingredients will draw cannines along ways.

JT

[NSRfishing]

im going to be fishing the nsr sucker spawn this year all day nonstop action

and they make great bait for all nsr fish

[Tyangelo]

I've caught many white suckers growing up on the NSR, and honestly can't understand why people hate them so much, especially just for their looks. Hard fighting fish, and still a native part of most ecosystems. That's like killing off burbs because they're eating the perch that the pike needs.... like c'mon...

[WayneChristie]

Originally Posted by Tyangelo

I've caught many white suckers growing up on the NSR, and honestly can't understand why people hate them so much, especially just for their looks. Hard fighting fish, and still a native part of most ecosystems. That's like killing off burbs because they're eating the perch that the pike needs.... like c'mon...

X2 but any I get under 2 feet this year are going in the deep freeze

[fish gunner]

Originally Posted by WayneChristie

X2 but any I get under 2 feet this year are going in the deep freeze

im with wayne kill as many as you wish just dont waste them, I've got a dozen in the freezer. pike love them thru the ice, had one on all day sat no takers.a friend and I hit dickson trout pond in may just to get our suckers for ice sessions.we do our bit to control the suckers,while still maintaining our own ethics.

[WayneChristie]

Originally Posted by fish gunner

im with wayne kill as many as you wish just dont waste them, I've got a dozen in the freezer. pike love them thru the ice, had one on all day sat no takers.a friend and I hit dickson trout pond in may just to get our suckers for ice sessions.we do our bit to control the suckers,with out while still maintaining our own ethics.

I treid a 2 pounder last weekend and was dissapointed only a 6 and a half pound pike took it, but that was the second pike that hit it, so Im sold. I had a bunch of 3 and 4 inch suckers and the walleye cleaned me out, they love them.

[KegRiver]

Would anyone throw Filet mignon in the bush!


Gezz some people are picky eaters. If you don't want them, leave them for me!

[WayneChristie]

I would love to can some if I can find them in clean water, the ones from the river are bait or release for me. I filleted one this summer from the forks for bait, its crazy how much meat there is on them!

[Daceminnow]

Originally Posted by WayneChristie

I would love to can some if I can find them in clean water, the ones from the river are bait or release for me. I filleted one this summer from the forks for bait, its crazy how much meat there is on them!

lots and lots in the k lakes wayne. not sure how'd you go about targeting them though without the ability to fish bait. to watch the bulls chase them up into the shallows after ice out is a sight to behold. they sure know how to catch em. witnessed JR catch one on a rap once, that was cool. all things are possible.

Dace

[harrydude]

What is the limit for suckers