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laundry_queen

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3. Yep, suckers can be good eating
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:23 PM
Jul 2014

When I worked at a fishing store, we used to sponsor local fishing derbies. I remember one ice fishing derby where my boss and I went around finding live suckers that people had discarded on the ice to die and put them back in the water. He kept a couple of dead ones for himself. Unreal how people just left them on the ice to die. There is a misconception that suckers somehow displace more 'desirable' fish and so that is why so many people throw them away.

And not just suckers but all kinds of fish can be caught with a minimum of equipment. My bosses used to laugh at how many people would spend thousands on equipment when they would stick to a hook and a worm. Or maggots - maggots work really good for ice fishing. Ice fishing is even better for not needing fancy equipment, except for an auger. A stick and some fishing line w/a hook and anything on the end (cheese is a popular non-bug option). Even my dad can catch fish this way (you have to know my dad's fishing record to understand why that is funny - let's just say he's cursed and no one ever wants to fish near him, LOLOL.)

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