Actually the angler finds the fish, presents the bait and then the fish catches itself on the hook. Myself, wife and kids have proven this many times. No bite , even Mr. Crappy can't catch. A good angler does make a large difference though. Ketchn is a good angler. But he is humble enough to admit he does not catch every fish. Just funnin ........
there are days my friend when it really dont matter if you can find them or not , it just aint meant to be ....
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Originally Posted by Ketchn
man it has been a while since someone said sucker fishing , they smoke them if I remember right , one thing for certain we used to find a few in the trout streams that were beasts when I was kid , them were what they call northern redhorse suckers if memory serves me well ? sure did put up a nice fight ...
Canning is real popular too. Red horse are the bigger ones, white suckers are preferred for table fare. Good fighting, easy, laid back fishing, usually.
Canning is real popular too. Red horse are the bigger ones, white suckers are preferred for table fare. Good fighting, easy, laid back fishing, usually.
Not sure if we had the white ones , but as i recall no one ate the red horse version and about only me tried to ketch them
That and American eels too , about only me trying to ketch them too …
My dad used to ear some of the saltwater eels he caught and said they were very good.
the american eel is a european eel best i know , they spend a long time at sea before running up the rivers here and vice versa across the big pond too ...