Suckers?

I stopped by looking for them today. Didn’t see any. It should happen soon.

I just referenced to one of my videos from last year near there. It was April 6th when we caught two 4lb suckers. My friends actually hit a swimbait and got caught and i caught my on a rebel trackdown brown trout jerkbait.

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I also had a few by this time last year and so far none. Later ice may have slowed things down a bit for them. Just a guess.

Is this the time of year you all stock up on your sucker meat?

is it legal to fish for them?..I'd like to stock up but just want to be sure...what's the best way to target them?...lure?...bait?

Worm on a jig head slow across the bottom usually gets it done. Or just a Carolina rig with a worm. During spawn the river is best and post spawn the south half the lake on the flats seem to be the best spots. My buddy Kent caught this one may 6 last year.

Suckers can give you a good tug for sure. I caught more than a few up at Granby a few years ago in A bay where the river comes in. Early open water. I've never caught one out of Chatty though....might be a hoot.

I know it should be "soon" but the weather lately has a lot of things on odd timers too.

We looked up an old picture on my girlfriend's phone from a hike along the river flowing into Chatfield on April 12th, 2018 adjacent to the ponds. The picture doesn't show the fish well, so I'm not posting it, but that was a date for reference. Hundreds were spawning in 4" to 12" of water. I don't know if they would feed under those circumstances, but they were there.