Fish Identified - Spawning Sucker

[mbowman]

Came out of Shelley pond. Looks most like a sucker, but the stripe and top fin is throwing me off. Kind of looks like a sucker shacked up with a largemouth. I don't get it.

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[ironrod]

? u got me on that one-I've managed to catch quite a few suckers in my life but never one looking like that[crazy]
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[MMDon]

Looks like something out of an aquarium.
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[mbowman]

I think I figured it out - it's a sucker alright, but it's in spawn-mode. Like we need more of them.

http://www.hoglezoo.org/meet_our_animals...une_Sucker
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[X2FSH]

Did ya eat it??
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[idahoron]

I wonder how it got there? They are not supposed to be there. Ron
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[mbowman]

No way, I try to stay away from anything with a vacuum cleaner mouth .

I have a feeling that it's a normal sucker like we have around here, but it's spawning and has a black stripe. I don't think it's the same one as the hogle zoo link.
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[cpierce]

You are right; it is a Utah sucker in its spawning colors. I think Shelly Pond has a direct connection with the Snake River. They are all up and down the Snake as part of their natural range.

Here is a short YouTube of some spawning in Henry's Lake Outlet. Towards the last few seconds you get a brief glimpse of the black and white coloration.

[url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X4fSI0qqxo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X4fSI0qqxo[/url]
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[MMDon]

I've been fishing for suckers for bait for a lot of years in the snake river. I've probably caught over a thousand of them. That isn't a sucker I recognize ever being in the snake.

Note: The easiest time to catch them is during their spawn so that is when I'm most familiar with them.
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[FlyFishng_Fool]

It is exactly like the ones I have caught in the snake. I hate them[mad]
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[prvrt]

That is a Utah sucker. It is spawning time and they do change and get that black stripe. I have caught plenty in the Snake like that. Last spring I was catching them on the fly rod rod down by McTuckers. A 4-6lb spawning sucker on a 3wt is just plain fun.
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[teepindian]

Pickeled sucker is great!!!
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[jigs]

Utah sucker as everyone has stated, we rode over the the bearlake marina and it must have had 50,000 of them in there. they were all the way around the marina stacked ontop of one another 3-4ft deep i have never seen anything like it
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[cpierce]

The curiosity has got me! What is your recipe for pickling sucker?????
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[teepindian]

The recipe is at home, but I will get it on here asap!!
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[teepindian]

Ednas pickled sucker
3.5 cups of fish pieces no red meat , nice white peices
half cup salt
vinegar to cover
2 medium onions scliced thin
2 jalopenos sliced (optional)

Brine
1 cup sugar
1 cup vinegar 1 half cup white wine 2 Tbsp. mixed pickling spice

Cut fish into piedes( no bones). Put loosly into quart jar. Add salt Cover with vinegar. let stand in refrigerater for 5 days. Drain. cover with water and soak for 2 hours. Rinse well. Put fish back in the jar alternating with sliced onions and peppers( optional). Mix sugar ,vinegar, wine, and spices . Pour over the fish and onions, (all cold No cooking) Seal and use after 10 days!! Keep refridgerated! Enjoy!
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[cpierce]

Thanks for posting it. I haven't tried something like that before, and I am game for something different!
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