sucker

[fishingaddict99]

i was wondering how big sucker get. i caught a 6 pounder today and was wondering if that was any big

[LEECH21]

I guess it all depends on what species of sucker you caught. Do you have pictures you can post or any discriptions you can give?

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[fishingaddict99]

i have pictures but iwill not be able to put them on my computer untill tomorrow. i think it was some sort of red horse (silver)

[LEECH21]

Any luck on that pic?

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[The Grebe]

Suckers can get pretty big! I once took $5.00 off about a 400 pounder, shooting pool!

Another time I seen one at the Fair that was about 3 feet across, I think they called it a "Lallapolloza"!

[Roughfisher]

The Minnesota Record silver redhorse is 9 pounds 15 ounces. The greater redhorse gets up to 15 pounds, but the record is under 12.

[Riverfishin]

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[fishingaddict99]

this is the sucker pic posted by river fisher

[LEECH21]

Nice fish! Where was it caught? Not real sure on the species, but roughfisher would know.

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[Riverfishin]

It is kind of hard to see I will try to make it bigger.

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[fishingaddict99]

i caught it on the4 st. croix by the bridge in prescott

[Roughfisher]

That is a river redhorse. It's about average-sized. Last weekend my bro caught one that was ten.

[Riverfishin]

I don't know much about suckers but I looked some up some stuff about them and it looks like a silver redhorse to me. I always thought the river redhorse had red fins.

[jonny_redhorse]

here's a pic of a short-head red horse......(caught on the st.louis river in northern mn.)fun in the spring!...gotta love the colors of these little beauties...those fins are brilliant pinkish red...never got one over 3-4 pounds...jonny

[Roughfisher]

Yes, they do, I blew up the photo and got a clearer look, the tail is red.

Silver redhorse have a convex dorsal fin.

[TheGuy]

Can you target suckers in the winter? How would I fish them through the ice on a lake?

[Roughfisher]

Of course you can target them ... but nobody has ever taken the time to figure out exactly how to do it, including me unfortunately.

There are 18 different species of suckers and each one is different. If you find a lake with a healthy population of white suckers, you could probably do pretty well fishing deep, right on the bottom, with a bait that has a natural smell to it, like a Hexegenia Wiggler or piece of squid.

However you did it, they sure would make some delicious fish patties in the winter I imagine.

[Lost]

Roughfisher, where are some good sucker waters in the metro area? I'd love to try and get a few of these as well.

[hogsucker]

That's a nice river redhorse, Riverman. Boy, those fish really get me going! If only I could catch them through the ice.......~hogsucker

[Roughfisher]

I haven't caught any through the ice. You can check out the DNR gillnet reports by using the Lake Finder on the MN DNR site. I would also check out any fishable rivers, like for instance the St. Croix, which has good numbers of several species of suckers. An underwater camera might help determine what kind of fish are down there - you wouldn't want to locate what you think is a school of suckers and have them turn out to be walleyes.

[Quickstrike]

The top two biggest fish for the Duluth ice fishing contest "the big jig" on Pike Lake were suckers.