Target Species: White Sucker

Time Spent Fishing: 45 Minutes

Bait: Worms

Shortly after the ice melts, white suckers run up our local creeks to spawn in healthy numbers. Last year I missed out on their spawning run so I didn't want to miss my chance this year.

After a 15 minutes of walking along my local creek I was able to spot some suckers in shallow rapids. The only challenge that presented itself was since there was a quick melt-off of late winter snow and ice, there was a pretty swift current. After playing around with the amount of split shots on my line I was finally able to achieve a great balance where my worm/hook would travel with the current but wouldn't get caught up in the rocks.

After a couple of casts I caught my first White Sucker. I was absolutely not expecting the fight that it put up.