sucker hooking

[edddieo]

does anyone still do this are they good to eat 

[1colddude]

Yeah, we do it now and then on the East Branch of the Delaware. I don't eat them but one guys father pickels them and they love it.

[edddieo]

Yeah, we do it now and then on the East Branch of the Delaware. I don't eat them but one guys father pickels them and they love it.

do they still use those long hooks  how do they get them out of the holes if there snaged sideways

[1colddude]

do they still use those long hooks how do they get them out of the holes if there snaged sideways

Yeah we use hooks, and the holes are cut in the ice instead of drilled so they're big.

[Lobes]

They are excellent smoked. They have next to no fish flavor any other way.

                                       
NBG

[1colddude]

They are excellent smoked. They have next to no fish flavor any other way.

                                       
NBG

It's just hard to get by the thought of what they eat. But I eat bullhead and eel so it shouldn't be.

[Lobes]

Oh yeah!
You will want to take them somewhere to have them smoked where they know what they're doing. I tried smoking one myself but I had a heck of a time keeping it lit and the slime leaves a really bad taste in your mouth!  

                                                  
NBG

[edddieo]

Oh yeah!
You will want to take them somewhere to have them smoked where they know what they're doing. I tried smoking one myself but I had a heck of a time keeping it lit and the slime leaves a really bad taste in your mouth!  

                                                  
NBG

some one told me they cut a big hole guys get ready with hooks, other guys bang on ice to scare them up is that true sounds like fun

[1colddude]

some one told me they cut a big hole guys get ready with hooks, other guys bang on ice to scare them up is that true sounds like fun

That's the deal. You drive them like deer but you got to make sure you don't hook any rainbows while you're at it

[jmdigello]

there was an episode on in-fisherman about under utilized fish species, and suckers was one of them.  it was stated that they have good white fillets and are tasty.   myself i've never had one so don't know.

[1colddude]

there was an episode on in-fisherman about under utilized fish species, and suckers was one of them.  it was stated that they have good white fillets and are tasty.   myself i've never had one so don't know.

Any of you dudes eat Carp?

[adkRoy]

I like to hit the suckers when they are running up the creeks in the spring:

[1colddude]

I like to hit the suckers when they are running up the creeks in the spring:
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We used to go sucker spearing as a kid but now the #'s aren't what they used to be. I think they've cleaned up the Delaware too much for them.