02-20-2015, 08:17 PM
[#0000FF]Some folks might be able to take advantage of your findings to stock up on sucker meat. So thanks for he tip.
Your confusion of the two species is not unusual and is the reason for the special regulations on Utah Lake...no use of sucker meat for bait at all. Too easy for someone to hack up a Junie for bait, thinking it is just one of the more common Utah Suckers. The predator species of the lake will munch either one and don't care which type of sucker upon which they are dining. But the mere thought of a darling Junie being sacrificed for catfish bait is enough to freak out the DWR folks.
Interestingly, there are grundles of Utah suckers all the way down the Jordan River, below Utah Lake. But the Junies primarily run mainly up the Provo River for spawning. However, there have been plantings of newly hatched June sucker fry into the renovated Hobble Creek and some returners have been noted in the past couple of years. It is hoped that it too will become an acceptable spawning stream. And that is probably why the pike are setting up shop at the lower end.
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Your confusion of the two species is not unusual and is the reason for the special regulations on Utah Lake...no use of sucker meat for bait at all. Too easy for someone to hack up a Junie for bait, thinking it is just one of the more common Utah Suckers. The predator species of the lake will munch either one and don't care which type of sucker upon which they are dining. But the mere thought of a darling Junie being sacrificed for catfish bait is enough to freak out the DWR folks.
Interestingly, there are grundles of Utah suckers all the way down the Jordan River, below Utah Lake. But the Junies primarily run mainly up the Provo River for spawning. However, there have been plantings of newly hatched June sucker fry into the renovated Hobble Creek and some returners have been noted in the past couple of years. It is hoped that it too will become an acceptable spawning stream. And that is probably why the pike are setting up shop at the lower end.
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