Thursday, April 24, 2008

Lamprey sucker action!

Ethan caught this hefy sucker on woolly bugger. If you ever hook a sucker it will put up a heck of a fight. It took 20 minutes to land this bruiser after it dragged him all over the river.
If you would like to read an article about the gentle art of spearing suckers you can click on this link. The article is from the New York Times in 1890.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9904EED71539E033A25750C2A9629C94619ED7CF&oref=slogin

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I say! That's a fine trophy in dear old Blighty!!!

Anonymous said...

haha those white suckers are fun!!! why don't people fish for them?

perhaps because they aren't the most.. eh hem.. attractive fish?

sometimes you gotta love the one you're with!