How Do You Catch A Sucker Fish?
Suckers are bottom-feeding fish found throughout most of the United States. Although suckers are not normally targeted by most anglers the fish is capable of putting up a great fight and is very fun to catch. Suckers have a fleshy mouth with thick lips that point downward, allowing the fish to forage for food along the gravelly and mucky stream and river beds where the fish live. Some suckers can weigh as much as four or five pounds at lengths of up to 2 feet, making them a formidable fish when hooked on a spinning rod. Target suckers in spring or autumn. This is the time of year when many other species of fish are either not biting yet or beginning to slow down in their feeding. Once the temperatures warm up in the spring above 50 degrees F suckers will bite. Find a slow running river that is not that wide and fish there for suckers. Suckers move along the bottom of a waterway and “suck” up whatever food comes their way. Their teeth are actually in their throats and they are able to t
