Hyrum over night and day report

[CacheIceMan]

We just got home an hour ago. We fished the south side off of big toe. We used Rat finkee's glow jigs either chartreuse or orange tipped with a spike. Perch were plenty (between 5-10") Perch were 6-12" from the bottom, and trout were between 3-10 feet from the surface. Lots of a perch, much fewer trout. 8:00 am today was active hour and we cooked up and ate much of what we caught. great time!

Fishing was decent until about 9:00 pm then turned off for a while...I was surprised but there were at least 4 other parties that spent the night out there besides us.

Here is what pissed me off!! this afternoon, a person in our group caught...NOT 1, but TWO (2) stinking sucker fish with large scales, and mouth/snout that curves down to the ground proving what bottom feeders they are! What the crap?!? i have NEVER seen one of them come out of Hyrum through the ice, but today there were 2! Does anyone know that that is all about?
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[CacheIceMan]

Pic of the one of the 2 nasty's (17")
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[cbassonafly]

I caught two suckers out of Hyrum last year ice fishing. Thought it was odd but I dont think there are many in there. I know there are plenty down stream though. Those two I caught didnt make it to the next breeding season though [cool]
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[Fishsticker]

Why are "pissed" that you caught a healthy hard fighting fish at hyrum? Unless I am mistaken that is one of the only fish that is native to that river system that you are likely to catch out of Hyrum.
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[FishDad6]

They have always been there. There were times when I was a kid that there would be so many spawning in the river above the dam you could get them with a pitchfork.
I caught one once on a Meps spinner, I thought I had a huge brown. They fight a lot harder than anything else I've ever caught in Hyrum.
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[wiperhunter2]

Yes they are bottom feeders but have you ever eaten one? They have light flaky meat and you usually get a lot of meat out of one. The biggest issue with suckers isn't the taste but the amount of bones they have. Not sure if you fish for lake trout but suckers make great bait, when jigging for big fish. I've used them for bait for macks, cutts, burbot and even browns and have you ever priced them at places that sell cut bait. One sucker is worth 5 to 10 dollars, depending on their size. Once they are cut up and packaged it is amazing how much they cost.
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