Arizona Salt River

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Surfraider
Arizona Salt River
<p>I went out today and caught my personal best Sonora Sucker (20 inch, 3.5 pounds). I also landed a 13 pound 30 inch carp and a 4 pound channel cat. It&#39;s one of my last chances to get on the Salt River before its crowded with tubers so I was especially pleased with the results.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/doZvskeIeSOMA1LwenYc3sq-FB6a3t9UkSLuOyQxAbiCLa4AjPqD7DFINxPFy6YEnCJIAf1qA9yFgY2f75ZLfKVUD-IJdxxBjhCPJH8ZsbxlQw6rKAL-QCXm2zdzFGRKbtIz54dFmei-SJI=w497-h373" style="width: 216px; height: 288px;" /><img alt="" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/YQlxZjyVUjO67KYI4hzHxA7wn1Np_jaqG7IzRnH6jMccwacf3dWea-wFY1RGY7qf7zLzo3S1KIhKZS-1ijFtndKMjGOMcuhMnAijLiPzyQCd37zL0EVeh-BMc8K8Ph3I_xPSjPlXf8WH434=w497-h373" style="width: 216px; height: 288px;" /></p>
Cast_and_Blast
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Nice Sonora!  I love the

Nice Sonora!  I love the desert.  Please keep them pics coming.  Where is the Desert Sucker?

Surfraider
Desert sucker

Actually, that was my main target today but such is fishing. 

Hengelaar
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Ahh ... That takes me back...

Wonderful Catostomus there.

Good to know the Salt River still exists. And that it still has some natives in it~!

Fishn sure is neat

Tyler W
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Cool fish from desert

Cool sucker. I am always pleased to see suckers from "far off" places. Any special tricks to targeting the Sonora and Desert suckers? 

Eric Kol
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sweet sucker! Were these fly

sweet sucker! Were these fly caught?

Carpy Diem!

Gunnar
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Awesome! More photos of the

Awesome! More photos of the fish? Close-ups? Mouth shots? If not, then please make sure to get a bunch the next time. So many crappy photos of the less common suckers out there on the web, so new good ones are always needed.

I'm very jealous. Nice work.

 

Redhorse ID cheatsheets, gars, suckers: moxostoma.com


2020: 10 days fishing 11 species 0 lifers. 2019: 34/45/13 2018: 39/40/5

Surfraider
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Hengelaar: I still haven't been able to match your successes on the Salt with the roundtail chub.

Eric Kol: I caught  off a small crappie jig with small piece of shrimp under a float.

So far the best bait for them has been diced shrimp fished off the bottom.

Gunnar: Here is a different view of a Sonora Sucker. This isn't the same fish but does give better view of the mouth. 

Gunnar
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Those are some serious lips!

Those are some serious lips! Dang.

 

 

Redhorse ID cheatsheets, gars, suckers: moxostoma.com


2020: 10 days fishing 11 species 0 lifers. 2019: 34/45/13 2018: 39/40/5

Cast_and_Blast
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That is so true Gunnar. 

That is so true Gunnar.  There are very few pics out there of them cool Western suckers.  And many times they are mis-IDed.

TonyS
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cool lookin' fish!  I'd love

cool lookin' fish!  I'd love to get back to the desert one of these days

Hengelaar
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Roundtails...

Do you see those Roundtails out there though, Mr. Surfraider..?

That would be encouraging...

Fishn sure is neat