-=> Quoting Dale Shipp to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> I wonder if anyone here has netted suckers during the spring
 JW> spawning run. I used to do that as a kid

 DS> I really don't even know what they are.  The only thing that comes to
 DS> mind are the fish that attach themselves to shark for a free ride and
 DS> a free dinner on the leftovers from the shark attack. I assume that is
 DS> not the fish you are talking about.

That's a different kind of sucker fish.

MMMMM-----Meal-Master - formatted by MMCONV  2.10

     Title: About White Suckers 1
Categories: Fish, Info
  Servings: 1 text file

    Catostomus commersonii

The Catostomidae are the suckers of the order Cypriniformes, along
sith the minnow and carp family.

White suckers are freshwater fish native to North America. They
occur all across Canada, from Newfoundland and Labrador to British
Columbia, as well as in the Yukon and Northwest Territories and in
all of the Great Lakes. They are found in both lakes and rivers,
usually in shallow water where they feed on bottom on worms, clams,
insect larvae and occasionally fish eggs. White suckers are robust
and adaptable fish, surviving many adverse water conditions that
other fish could not tolerate. White sucker serve as food for pike,
muskellunge, bass, walleye, burbot, Atlantic salmon, brook trout and
a variety of birds and mammals.

White suckers are a bottom-feeding fish with the downturned snout
characteristic of other suckers. Their mouth is round and rimmed
with thick lips. They have a streamlined body with a single, flat
dorsal fin, and a tail fin with a strong indent. White suckers are
normally olive-coloured on top and cream-coloured on their
underside. During spawning they will become darker. Spawning occurs
in the spring at a temperature of 10 C when runs numbering as high
as the thousands ascend small streams with females spawning from
20,000 to 50,000 eggs each over gravel substrate. They can grow to
about 50 centimetres in length and 2 kg in weight.
 
From: Fisheries And Oceans Canada

MMMMM-------------------------------------------------
MMMMM-----Meal-Master - formatted by MMCONV  2.10

     Title: About White Suckers 2
Categories: Fish, Info
  Servings: 1 text file

    Catostomus commersonii

Though the meat is firm and good tasting, white sucker seldom
appears on a restaurant menu -- perhaps because the name lacks
market appeal. As a result, white sucker is processed in a variety
of ways for the market, often under the name "mullet." They are good
either fresh or smoked and canned.

The spring sucker run tells me when spring is here, once the ice
melts the run is on. Since they are "trash" fish there are generally
no limits and dip nets are allowed in most places.

They are not only fun to catch but fun and tasty to eat; bones and
all.
 
From: Southendwalleyeslayer.Com/Sucker

MMMMM-------------------------------------------------

Cheers

Jim


... At high tide the fish eat ants; At low tide the ants eat fish.

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)