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Title: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: Lee Borgersen on April 04/23/19, 10:50:39 AM
 :police: More Pike River suckers for sale on Tuesday  :Fish: :Fish: :Fish:

Plentiful harvest this year :bow:
 
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Posted Saturday, April 21, 2019 10:32 pm

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The Vermilion Lake Association will continue its sucker sales this week thanks to a sizable run of white suckers at the Pike River hatchery this year.

The VLA sold about 3,000 pounds of suckers on Monday, the first day of the sale. That's only about half of the 6,000 pounds of the fish netted by DNR fisheries staff over the weekend. The DNR netted an additional 1,800 pounds as of Monday, which should leave plenty of fish available for purchase on Tuesday. The sale is likely to continue much of the week, but interested parties should check https://www.vermilionlakeassociation.org/other-prog this website https://www.vermilionlakeassociation.org/other-programs/rough-fish-removal/ for the latest information on sucker availability. The sucker sale info will be updated by 4:00 pm each day. People can also call Tom Forconi at 218-428-7096.
 
Buyers who arrive before 8:00 may sign in on a clipboard to record their place in line. Each buyer is limited to one 100-lb tub until all have had their chance.
Suckers are sold for $10 per 100 pounds. Proceeds are used by the VLA for activities at Lake Vermilion.



A photo from the early days of netting suckers at the hatchery.

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Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: LPS on April 04/23/19, 12:40:00 PM
 :happy1: :happy1:
Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: Cooperman on April 04/23/19, 02:45:59 PM
Unless they’re good smoked I’m going to have to say, Yuck!
And 100lbs?
Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: delcecchi on April 04/23/19, 05:04:38 PM
yeah folks smoke them.   And at 10 cents a pound, you want to get them weighed so you can buy 80 cents worth? 
Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: Rebel SS on April 04/23/19, 05:20:57 PM
I know some suckers that are over 150 lbs.  ;)
Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: LPS on April 04/23/19, 06:58:30 PM
yeah folks smoke them.   And at 10 cents a pound, you want to get them weighed so you can buy 80 cents worth?

Ya smoking fish is fun but 100 lbs of suckers?  That's a lot of fish to have to process. 
Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: mike89 on April 04/23/19, 07:00:08 PM
I know some suckers that are over 150 lbs.  ;)

seen some even bigger too!!!!   :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1:
Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: delcecchi on April 04/23/19, 07:06:04 PM
yeah folks smoke them.   And at 10 cents a pound, you want to get them weighed so you can buy 80 cents worth?

Ya smoking fish is fun but 100 lbs of suckers?  That's a lot of fish to have to process.

Share with your friends.   And they are pretty good sized so maybe only a dozen or so fish per load.   
Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: Rebel SS on April 04/23/19, 07:18:32 PM
Have 'em for the Boar-o-rama lalapalooza dinner... ;)
Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: glenn57 on April 04/23/19, 07:54:18 PM
To many bones. Pickle them there ok.
Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: Rebel SS on April 04/24/19, 06:42:53 AM
They USED to make good bait, chunked up., back when you could do that.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: Lee Borgersen on April 04/24/19, 06:49:04 AM
I contacted da MN DNR dept yesterday. When I asked him why ders so many suckers :scratch: He just  :rotflmao: :rotflmao: and said dat "in Minnesota there's a sucker born every minute."

 :sorry: guys  but I couldn't pass dat one up! :pouty: Ok! let me have it wit da Illinois jokes cuz I got it commin! :pouty:
Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: glenn57 on April 04/24/19, 04:05:35 PM
 :doah: :doah: :scratch: guess i'd radder be considered a sucka from minnesota den a convict from illinios!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: Rebel SS on April 04/24/19, 04:31:56 PM
Didja hear what the blind man said as he passed the fish market in Illinois?

"Morning, girls".......... :censored:    :shocked:
Title: Re: Pike R. suckers for sale
Post by: Jerkbiat on April 04/25/19, 06:29:59 AM
 :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: