What species of fish is this?

  • Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    March 9, 2020 at 9:22 am #1921233

    They are listed as a species of special concern in Minnesota, and threatened in Wisconsin. The blue is said to be the rarest of all suckers.

    I’ve never caught one and only heard of a few being caught on the Mississippi but with a camera down, I’ve seen plenty (not enough to say they are thick). Much like the red horse that populate the dam area in P4, they aren’t caught very often.

    Nice catch Mojo!

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    March 9, 2020 at 9:40 am #1921239

    They are the musky of the roughfish world!

    Charlie W
    TRF / Pool 3 / Grand Rapids, MN / SJU
    Posts: 1172
    March 9, 2020 at 11:42 am #1921260

    Funny you mention the redhorse, BK. Couple weekends ago, I actually caught a big red on P4. Not sure which one specifically as I am not knowledgeable about the different redhorse species. It bit. The jig was inhaled. I wish I would have taken a picture now but was alone and didn’t want to deal with the hassle. Easily over 10lbs.

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