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Tell me about Red Horse Sucker Fish
Posted on 3/14/18 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 3/14/18 at 12:46 pm
Always been a lake fisherman but I took my dog swimming in a creek yesterday thats loaded with suckers. I sat and watched this creek boiling with suckers and now have questions.
I know about scoring the fillets every 1/4 inch so the bones dissolve during frying but thats about the extent of what I know. How do they taste? Are they easy to fillet with a electric knife? Do they take bait when they are on a upstream spawning run?
I know about scoring the fillets every 1/4 inch so the bones dissolve during frying but thats about the extent of what I know. How do they taste? Are they easy to fillet with a electric knife? Do they take bait when they are on a upstream spawning run?
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Posted on 3/14/18 at 12:53 pm to porkrind
You found them in a creek in Louisiana?
Posted on 3/14/18 at 12:58 pm to porkrind
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Tell me about Red Horse Sucker Fish
Try to catch trout where those are found.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 1:09 pm to porkrind
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Tell me about Red Horse Sucker Fish
No, you tell me. I've never heard of them.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 1:30 pm to porkrind
Looks like a carp and a redfish got it on.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 2:10 pm to porkrind
Where I live it has always been popular to gig them. Have never heard of catching them on tackle here.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 2:15 pm to Boat Motor Bandit
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Posted on 3/14/18 at 2:32 pm to AlxTgr
Well damn, did not realize these don't follow the river systems down into La.
Being a lake fisherman I found it neat to see a little creek full of them. Some look to be 3-4 pounds. I can see how it would be easy to gig them. Guess I'll take some tackle and gig.
Being a lake fisherman I found it neat to see a little creek full of them. Some look to be 3-4 pounds. I can see how it would be easy to gig them. Guess I'll take some tackle and gig.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 2:36 pm to porkrind
Looks we are too warm for a bunch of stuff.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 2:50 pm to porkrind
If you can find a deep hole where they are trapped,it's fun to use a treble hook and snag them.
If you snag them in the tail,or body,they fight like hell. If you hook them in the mouth though,they will just let you reel them in.
They get pretty damn big.
I never ate them,but I had a neighbor who was from Arkansas,who would take them and pickle them.
If you snag them in the tail,or body,they fight like hell. If you hook them in the mouth though,they will just let you reel them in.
They get pretty damn big.
I never ate them,but I had a neighbor who was from Arkansas,who would take them and pickle them.
This post was edited on 3/14/18 at 3:02 pm
Posted on 3/14/18 at 3:02 pm to auggie
bow and arrow
Posted on 3/14/18 at 3:05 pm to kook
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bow and arrow
Yeah some people would do that,near where I would go snagging them. It looked like they were having fun too.
Either way is good.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 3:48 pm to auggie
I've seen people catch these in the Pearl River.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 4:09 pm to porkrind
I had a friend in college at LSU do his master's thesis on blacktail redhorse (Moxostoma poecilurum) in Thompson's Creek near St. Fransicville so we get one of their relatives in LA.
This post was edited on 3/14/18 at 4:51 pm
Posted on 3/14/18 at 4:14 pm to cdogwinn
Looks like there are a bunch of different yet similar kinds.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 4:35 pm to porkrind
We used to catch them in nets in the SC lowcountry in the winter. I remember they tasted decent out of cold water when we fried them.
Try canning them. Pint jars, 90 minutes at 10 pounds in a pressure cooker. Put 1 tsp salt per jar. Bones will disslove. Eat on a saltine craker.
Try canning them. Pint jars, 90 minutes at 10 pounds in a pressure cooker. Put 1 tsp salt per jar. Bones will disslove. Eat on a saltine craker.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 5:35 pm to fisherofmen
So you ate them fried? Thats pretty much my go too with fresh fish. I discovered they do take worms! Me and my son will go fill a cooler in the morning.
A creek full of good size fish just seems too good to pass up. Just hope they fry up nice and the bones actually dissolve. If I dont want to eat it then I dont want to catch it.
A creek full of good size fish just seems too good to pass up. Just hope they fry up nice and the bones actually dissolve. If I dont want to eat it then I dont want to catch it.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 8:41 pm to MrLSU
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I've seen people catch these in the Pearl River.
The place where I use to snag them,is called Buckeye. It's in Limestone County,in Alabama,near the Tennessee River .It's just about the right time of the year too.
There is a big field that is flooded in The winter for ducks and geese. In the spring,they start pumping the water out,into the river.
There's this big hole out in the middle of the field where they get trapped,and the fun is on.
I know a commercial fisherman,that use to put out gill nets for them during floods,and said he would catch them up in the bushes and stuff,up in the creeks.
He didn't get much money for them by the pound he said,but he could almost sink his boat with them,3 times each day,while it lasted,and his buyer would take all that he would bring in,so he would do well with them.He didn't even know why the buyer was wanting them.It's just not a fish that many people eat,in that area.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 5:14 am to MrLSU
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I've seen people catch these in the Pearl River.
i lol'ed at the map above which has one side of the Pearl with and one side without.
sometimes "scientist" are stupid
Posted on 3/15/18 at 4:01 pm to porkrind
Yes but that was a long time ago. Just don't remember them being much different from other fish.Pics required with your report!
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