Used to spear suckers in the spring snowmelt in Michigan, when I was a kid. They make spawning runs up the small streams from the Great Lakes from March-May. We would brine and smoke them over apple and cherrywood. They weren't too bad coming from the cold water, and gave a lot of smoked suckers to old-timers who didn't spear fish anymore.
We would do that as kids in N. Mi, it was a blast. Why isnt there any steelhead or salmon vid's? You could wear a mask to keep the fish cops from getting ya!
wth i live in southeast Ontario and I seriously cant find ONE sucker.and apparently no one knows where they are either....u kno if theres any in the thames river?
heres a task for u, take that pitch fork and stab ur redneck ass in the chest BUT,first, find as many of ur redneck family and friends to drag to hell with you.
Theres a stream that runs from lake Michigan to a local lake where I live, there is usually a ton of them in late April to mid May. There's a lot of trout and smelt around the same time too.
how the fuck is that the way of life there is no competion when you just spear them in 6 inches of water and there fucking gross they eat garbage of the bottom of the river.
When you spear the fish you make it suffer before u kill when your rod fishing you usely put aknife through its spine.
this is awsome i sucker spear in mn there not running good this year cause of the weather. stop tryin to diss because im sure most of the people tryin to diss probly couldnt do this
People are whining about this when they don't even know what the cows they eat from fast food go through. To those of you that think hunting and fishing is cruel: the animal gets to live happy free lives then are killed by the cycle of life. The cows you eat from fast food never had a chance and are tortured and to kill the pigs they hang them upside down and cut their throats. Do some research before you ridicule hunters/fishers.
People have been doing this to survive for centuries.
Contrary to popular thought, suckers don't pursue bass or panfish eggs. Or any eggs for that matter. I'm not against spearing, to each his own, I just sure hope you're smoking them (pretty good with shorelunch) and not just throwing them away because they're suckers.
They're also the defining forage for trophy pike and muskies in lakes lacking ciscos or whitefish.
Dude guy you gotta add another video of 2011 sucker spearing im gonna put one up too, wicked nice work great video, man thats a shit ton of suckers!!!
Are these fish spawning or on their way to spawn ? I assume that they are not in such concentration all year round. Where do they live the rest of the year etc. Are they a lake fish or sea fish that travels to spawn?
@stricklandsahib These fish are spawning and are on their way upstream to get into another lake where they will swin around and eat bass and lake trout eggs. They spend the rest of their year feeding off the bottom. This is at the start of may, and i have seen them run until late August, but that could be for reasons such as beaver dams or other blocks in the river, and these are freshwater fish so they are only in lakes
@HuntFishTrap128 them suckers are tiny you want to see big ass suckers and how to acctualy catch them come to pensylvania and did you insualt hunters cause they are fighting words and remeber hunters have guns
@fishingismylifestyle I insulted Anti- Hunters that are against spearing the fish you old stupid bastard. I am a hunter obviously im killing sucker after sucker. If you want to be a hater comment on someone's videos who actually give a shit
@HuntFishTrap128 i saw his comment and i was going to point out the name but it apears you have already done so, great vids looks fun, i just use my compound bow wit crappy aluminum arrows,
@teenoutdoorsman , thanks for this awsome comment i appreciate it, and yea all the suckers that get head shotted usually get canned unless there no good, and the ones with body shots go out for bear bait or fed to our hunting dogs
@safetydude97 I have a Passion for the outdoors and enjoy doing what i do... do you have a problem with that? ... what the hell is wrong with you? oh wait i know, ur a god damn treehugger.
You can snag them with hooks, that's about it. Watch a national geographic video or something man. They have a sucker, like a bottom feeder in a fish tank. They eat fish shit and rotting carcasses on the bottom of a lake. Which is why they destroy lakes and water clarity in lakes. The reason they are up in these streams is because it is spring and they are spawning. Bow fishing for them is fun too!
@rydyco lmfao i didnt think suckers were stocked, its just a secret spot that my grandpa found shed hunting like years and years ago and its at the back of our property which limits the acccess to others, plus if i were to stock a type of fish it would definitly be trout not suckers
@HuntFishTrap128 ya ifk but i said it looks like they are cause there is alot and ik it would make sence to stock them except for the fun of killing them
@hgsfisher Pretty much just my friends and family that goes there.. i have another spot that random people go to once and a while but thats not even close to this place at all
@Joey22496 yea the suckers eat all the bass and lake trout eggs and are pretty over populated :P plus when the fish are de-boned they are really good eating.
@ztbowtech The best time of year is the spring, but the highest point of when the run is 2 weeks after the ice goes out on the lake that the suckers are coming from.
That looks like a whole lot of fun to me. That's something I've never tried before, but would definitely be willing to get after! It's nice to know they taste like Bass because I eat a lot of Bass. Nice anti-hunter statement! Keep it up! Drop by my channel if you're into Bass & Crappie fishin'! See ya on the tube!
Hi Blake, you really made the best fish spearing video on youtube , a pleasure to watch sucker by sucker floundering in the prongs of your green well-pitched spear mostly performing a head-shot on the sucker ;-)) Looking forward to more of your interesting and awesome outdoor activities to come soon on your channel :-))
Nice goin guys...you had some real beauty fish there, congrats.
I have never fished or seen that type of fish other than tv or video...my best friend was from back east and told me they used to do that too...and now I've seen a video of it...thanks...you guys kicked it awesome out there.
So you eat them eh...I was wondering about that...so what are they like to eat?
@anavidhunter Thanks man i appreciate the good comments, and yea spear fishing is really fun and ive been doin it since i could hold a spear, and you were wondering how they taste ? ... they taste sorta like bass, but we also pickel them in jars and eat it at the hunt camp.
Right on...thats sounds kule...you guys put an awesome twist on bringing smoke salmon and indian candy like we do to hunt camp...thats awesome...I have a friend who pickles herring and its pretty good.
@HuntFishTrap128 where are you guys at? ive been looking for a good creek to go spearing in since i was a little kid. the creek that runs next to my grandparents property must have been damned up because we havent seen any good numbers of suckers in almost 10 years.
btw those r pussy suckers tiny
loganwilson11 21 hours ago
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what do you do with them smoke em or fertalizer or what
loganwilson11 21 hours ago
what do you do with them smoke em or fertalizer or what
loganwilson11 21 hours ago
how long is the shaft of the spear?
Jangosaurus 2 weeks ago
where is this
Jangosaurus 2 weeks ago
Used to spear suckers in the spring snowmelt in Michigan, when I was a kid. They make spawning runs up the small streams from the Great Lakes from March-May. We would brine and smoke them over apple and cherrywood. They weren't too bad coming from the cold water, and gave a lot of smoked suckers to old-timers who didn't spear fish anymore.
themessingzoo 3 weeks ago
wow.... you are bastard
Someone has to spear YOU. If you dont find someone, call ME!!
JPgoesFishing 1 month ago
BASTARD retard
DonBIH 1 month ago
do you thing you can do a freshwater drum white perch spearing video beacuse i like to do this stuff to
screamfan121 1 month ago
nice! what lake Ontario trib is it?
canadianfisherman11 1 month ago
cool
maxwellp9 1 month ago
What ya do with the dead fish
scallyfplayer 2 months ago
@scallyfplayer eat them of course did he
killshot2245 1 month ago
@killshot2245 ohhhh. around here we dont eat them we use them as bait
scallyfplayer 1 month ago
Can't wait to do this when they start spawning here in saskatchewan
ISurpriseGuyI 2 months ago
"He fight good!" LOL, guess this video really shows what public education is doing for us! hahaha
CollinTrent 3 months ago
i go to river like that and i catch these pan fish size white fish, they make a sucking noise but i just want to know what there called
Jedhaase 4 months ago
We would do that as kids in N. Mi, it was a blast. Why isnt there any steelhead or salmon vid's? You could wear a mask to keep the fish cops from getting ya!
morgansmaha 4 months ago
What state do you live in? because I really want to do that.
MW2FanFAL 5 months ago
You eat em? Or just trying to thin em out so they don't eat the good fish eggs?
Nickodemusodurn 5 months ago
loocks like a blast
hotpick1101 5 months ago
you know how you think thats a lifestyle! It is, but its a lifestyle only for dipshits like you!
fishwhisperer6100 5 months ago
Great video! What river is this?
ShutUpAndFishCanada 5 months ago
wth i live in southeast Ontario and I seriously cant find ONE sucker.and apparently no one knows where they are either....u kno if theres any in the thames river?
TheDigitalDud 6 months ago
cool stuff! nice fishing lure... nice video!
brianmoc 7 months ago
where do u get one of those spears
wootwootrahrah 7 months ago
heres a task for u, take that pitch fork and stab ur redneck ass in the chest BUT,first, find as many of ur redneck family and friends to drag to hell with you.
metallica250000 7 months ago
i spear suckers and sell em to the niggers, they eat em up
TexasWhitetails1 8 months ago
fuck it... i'm going down to my creek with a damn pitchfork tomorrow
yankeeschampsx27 8 months ago
Theres a stream that runs from lake Michigan to a local lake where I live, there is usually a ton of them in late April to mid May. There's a lot of trout and smelt around the same time too.
rofltuesdays 8 months ago
i asume there all dead
k4life98 8 months ago
dude this is cool but you need to try it with one point make it harder and more of a challege for u
castandblast13 9 months ago
hey man i'm going to try this some day
kissmabass 9 months ago
haha just happened to go sucker fishing today before lake trout fishin. its such a good time
lovesskiingpow 9 months ago
how the fuck is that the way of life there is no competion when you just spear them in 6 inches of water and there fucking gross they eat garbage of the bottom of the river.
When you spear the fish you make it suffer before u kill when your rod fishing you usely put aknife through its spine.
012345678910977 9 months ago
take ur waders off u pussy
3-5 pounds ythats fucking small
mikeross090 9 months ago
take ur waders off u pussy
mikeross090 9 months ago
this is awsome i sucker spear in mn there not running good this year cause of the weather. stop tryin to diss because im sure most of the people tryin to diss probly couldnt do this
bigdadbro 9 months ago
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bigdadbro 9 months ago
So they must be good to eat ?
creamtt 9 months ago
think you got em just a lil bit too excited when you were holding them at 3:20 hahaha!
hitshitthefan 10 months ago
People are whining about this when they don't even know what the cows they eat from fast food go through. To those of you that think hunting and fishing is cruel: the animal gets to live happy free lives then are killed by the cycle of life. The cows you eat from fast food never had a chance and are tortured and to kill the pigs they hang them upside down and cut their throats. Do some research before you ridicule hunters/fishers.
People have been doing this to survive for centuries.
tapNAPorSNAP100 10 months ago
why??? what do you do with them?
tdolynchuk 10 months ago
is it hard to spear them looks fun lol nice vid by the way
youngfishingboy3333 10 months ago
Lol this is so mean I would never be able to do this
flyfisher662 10 months ago
That Looks Fun But It Does Seem Like You Would Beat The Spear Tip Up On The Rocks.
DTFDownToFish 11 months ago
@DTFDownToFish they file them back down after use, at least that what my uncle does, i just use a bow
jakemcdonald97 10 months ago
why are you so gay?
bradandthedawgs11 11 months ago
i got those in ny, i fly fish for them snaggin em, r they any good eating??
cod105ey 11 months ago
Contrary to popular thought, suckers don't pursue bass or panfish eggs. Or any eggs for that matter. I'm not against spearing, to each his own, I just sure hope you're smoking them (pretty good with shorelunch) and not just throwing them away because they're suckers.
They're also the defining forage for trophy pike and muskies in lakes lacking ciscos or whitefish.
BensBold54 11 months ago
Man we would tear them up with bows! Wish we had stuff like that in oklahoma!
OneidaFishWhisperer 1 year ago
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OneidaFishWhisperer 1 year ago
one question how do you guy cooked them?
powvang92 1 year ago
try bowfishing them..thats fun
bleehunttrap 1 year ago
Bro where is this?
MiggzM 1 year ago
Dude u hav to send me a friend request
redsoxhata22 1 year ago
Hey man u hav to send me a friend request
redsoxhata22 1 year ago
Dude guy you gotta add another video of 2011 sucker spearing im gonna put one up too, wicked nice work great video, man thats a shit ton of suckers!!!
mountdesertrock 1 year ago
hahah the kid in this video sounds gay hahaha come down to ga get you ass beat DIXIE!!!
bradandthedawgs11 1 year ago
Just like fish in a barrel..
Boughtone 1 year ago
do you eat them?
TheMrfud 1 year ago
we snag em with treble hooks in arkansas, im going to try spearing the next time they come in.
jonboy318ownzatDO 1 year ago
lil nigga is a beast looks fun
The6pointstar 1 year ago
Are these fish spawning or on their way to spawn ? I assume that they are not in such concentration all year round. Where do they live the rest of the year etc. Are they a lake fish or sea fish that travels to spawn?
stricklandsahib 1 year ago
@stricklandsahib These fish are spawning and are on their way upstream to get into another lake where they will swin around and eat bass and lake trout eggs. They spend the rest of their year feeding off the bottom. This is at the start of may, and i have seen them run until late August, but that could be for reasons such as beaver dams or other blocks in the river, and these are freshwater fish so they are only in lakes
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
where is this at bro. your amazing
playtapus 1 year ago
@playtapus SouthEast Ontario buddy we hit em up :P
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
@HuntFishTrap128 them suckers are tiny you want to see big ass suckers and how to acctualy catch them come to pensylvania and did you insualt hunters cause they are fighting words and remeber hunters have guns
fishingismylifestyle 1 year ago
@fishingismylifestyle I insulted Anti- Hunters that are against spearing the fish you old stupid bastard. I am a hunter obviously im killing sucker after sucker. If you want to be a hater comment on someone's videos who actually give a shit
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago 2
@fishingismylifestyle Ps. My name is HUNTfishtrap for a reason stupid ass
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
@HuntFishTrap128 your gay
bradandthedawgs11 1 year ago
@HuntFishTrap128 i saw his comment and i was going to point out the name but it apears you have already done so, great vids looks fun, i just use my compound bow wit crappy aluminum arrows,
jakemcdonald97 10 months ago
@fishingismylifestyle What about archery hunters you idiot...
bigbuckkiller123 10 months ago
where is this at? you have tons of suckers up there
huntinandfishin321 1 year ago
this kid sounds like a fucking douche nigger
pumphouse00 1 year ago
great video man! can you eat suckers?? i heard some people do..but was wondering what you do with them after you kill 'em...or u just throw 'em away?
teenoutdoorsman 1 year ago
@teenoutdoorsman , thanks for this awsome comment i appreciate it, and yea all the suckers that get head shotted usually get canned unless there no good, and the ones with body shots go out for bear bait or fed to our hunting dogs
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
@teenoutdoorsman Smoke them.
ethanellingsen 1 year ago
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What the hell is wrong with you
safetydude97 1 year ago
What the hel is wrong with you
safetydude97 1 year ago
@safetydude97 I have a Passion for the outdoors and enjoy doing what i do... do you have a problem with that? ... what the hell is wrong with you? oh wait i know, ur a god damn treehugger.
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
@HuntFishTrap128 your mean and i'm black and i am 13 years old
safetydude97 10 months ago
i love the feeling when you gotta fish on the line,spear fishing is boring and dumb.
mattjas123 1 year ago
@mattjas123 Boring and dumb would line and hook fishing for a bottom feeder in 3-6 inches of river water.
om3gadagg3r 10 months ago
why don´t you just fish in normal way on them .... thats pretty silly.....
i really can´t understand how people can do that... i hope you will hit your leg with that fucking spear someday!
TobiFFN 1 year ago
@TobiFFN
They are bottom feeders........ you moron
ethanellingsen 1 year ago
@ethanellingsen
just because they are bottom feeders you can´t fish for them? :D:D:D jerk!
TobiFFN 1 year ago
@TobiFFN
You can snag them with hooks, that's about it. Watch a national geographic video or something man. They have a sucker, like a bottom feeder in a fish tank. They eat fish shit and rotting carcasses on the bottom of a lake. Which is why they destroy lakes and water clarity in lakes. The reason they are up in these streams is because it is spring and they are spawning. Bow fishing for them is fun too!
ethanellingsen 1 year ago
Wheres this at, What state? Check out blizzice.net for some sweet spears
Pyroman7489 1 year ago
@Pyroman7489 those spears look cool but i think they would go dull off the rocks and my spears i make only cost abot 5-10 dollars
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
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you're fucking dirty
JJMK369 1 year ago
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where is this
brandonshrader 1 year ago
where is this
brandonshrader 1 year ago
why not just sit there with a gun and shoot the hell outa them, that sounds soooo much funner
12josejalapeno 1 year ago
@12josejalapeno i would do that but that to illeagl so i just spear the shit out of them :P
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
@HuntFishTrap128 who gives a shit, its YOUR land, i dont think anyone should care.
12josejalapeno 1 year ago
nice man but try to get suckers with a nice wood spear, i used to use barbed spears but then it got boaring and way to easy
halo3cool300 1 year ago
what are those and can u eat them
thedarkeonenightrain 1 year ago
wow tht looks stocked thts a shit load of sucker
rydyco 1 year ago
@rydyco lmfao i didnt think suckers were stocked, its just a secret spot that my grandpa found shed hunting like years and years ago and its at the back of our property which limits the acccess to others, plus if i were to stock a type of fish it would definitly be trout not suckers
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
@HuntFishTrap128 ya ifk i said it just looks like it cause ther are so many !!!! and how many did u get i just started but with a bow
rydyco 1 year ago
@HuntFishTrap128 ya ifk but i said it looks like they are cause there is alot and ik it would make sence to stock them except for the fun of killing them
rydyco 1 year ago
@HuntFishTrap128 can anyone go there or just you
hgsfisher 1 year ago
@hgsfisher Pretty much just my friends and family that goes there.. i have another spot that random people go to once and a while but thats not even close to this place at all
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
where is that
lastgameralive 1 year ago
where were you spearing at?
ncarrabou1992 1 year ago
where were u spearing at?
ncarrabou1992 1 year ago
Gross u eat these things... when I accidentally catch these guys when i trout fish I just throw em' on the bank lol
GoldenWingszzz 1 year ago
that looks really easy
SmokeTreeAllDay 1 year ago
@SmokeTreeAllDay easy for me cause ive been doin it my whole life.
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
@HuntFishTrap128 wow! all 12 years?
SmokeTreeAllDay 1 year ago
@SmokeTreeAllDay yea that sounds about right maybe 11 years
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
Great vid keep it up
jewrestling1 1 year ago
What time of the year do suckers run?
jtschid0910 1 year ago
@jtschid0910 usually like the first 2 weeks in may
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
what type of fish are they sorry im not good at identifying them
hgsfisher 1 year ago
@hgsfisher These fish that are being speared are white suckers
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
what stream is that???
whereisbobby 1 year ago
@whereisbobby a good one :P
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
We call those buffalo where I live.
synyster215 1 year ago
what do you do with your fish
jtschid0910 1 year ago
@jtschid0910 most of them get canned but the ones that are no good get fed to the dogs or coons
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
@HuntFishTrap128 Have you ever tried smoking suckers like salmon? I heard they are good too.
jtschid0910 1 year ago
wat wil ik graag dat ding door jou hoofd jagen!
vinie9009 1 year ago
wow eh there is quite a few running
therealCanablisS 1 year ago
do yall eat the fish
xtremejumpers2010 1 year ago
why you killing them? are they overpopulating?
Joey22496 1 year ago
@Joey22496 yea the suckers eat all the bass and lake trout eggs and are pretty over populated :P plus when the fish are de-boned they are really good eating.
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
nice dude
hunterboy98 1 year ago
What river or stream is that?
FlyFishingGuru727 1 year ago
Are they invasive?
FlyFishingGuru727 1 year ago
nice mate your good
growlands1 1 year ago
what type of fish is that? is suckers its real name the only thing i can see it looks like is a barbel
ROSSLINDEN0 1 year ago
Wow man, where is that place?
fishpimp100 1 year ago
great footage man me and my friends go out all the time!! where did you film this??
2PaisansandACamera 1 year ago
@2PaisansandACamera it was filmed in Ontario
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
what time of year is it best for spearing suckers
ztbowtech 1 year ago
@ztbowtech The best time of year is the spring, but the highest point of when the run is 2 weeks after the ice goes out on the lake that the suckers are coming from.
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
awsome i love your videos i hunt fish and trap and i have neveer heard of this 5* keep em up . and check out my vids and subscribe!
trapperdreww 1 year ago
MAN that looks like fun i gotta do that some time
reptileravens 1 year ago
That looks like a whole lot of fun to me. That's something I've never tried before, but would definitely be willing to get after! It's nice to know they taste like Bass because I eat a lot of Bass. Nice anti-hunter statement! Keep it up! Drop by my channel if you're into Bass & Crappie fishin'! See ya on the tube!
MLBRENIZER 1 year ago
Looks like some good spearing action!
bassman96 1 year ago
Hi Blake, you really made the best fish spearing video on youtube , a pleasure to watch sucker by sucker floundering in the prongs of your green well-pitched spear mostly performing a head-shot on the sucker ;-)) Looking forward to more of your interesting and awesome outdoor activities to come soon on your channel :-))
FishingRidingHunter6 1 year ago
Weell done Guys...I whished I'd have a spearfishing opportunity like that ! Great :-))
FishingRidingHunter6 1 year ago
Nice goin guys...you had some real beauty fish there, congrats.
I have never fished or seen that type of fish other than tv or video...my best friend was from back east and told me they used to do that too...and now I've seen a video of it...thanks...you guys kicked it awesome out there.
So you eat them eh...I was wondering about that...so what are they like to eat?
Kule vid, great footage and beautiful spot.
Thumbs up!
anavidhunter 1 year ago
@anavidhunter Thanks man i appreciate the good comments, and yea spear fishing is really fun and ive been doin it since i could hold a spear, and you were wondering how they taste ? ... they taste sorta like bass, but we also pickel them in jars and eat it at the hunt camp.
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
@HuntFishTrap128
Right on...thats sounds kule...you guys put an awesome twist on bringing smoke salmon and indian candy like we do to hunt camp...thats awesome...I have a friend who pickles herring and its pretty good.
anavidhunter 1 year ago
@HuntFishTrap128 where are you guys at? ive been looking for a good creek to go spearing in since i was a little kid. the creek that runs next to my grandparents property must have been damned up because we havent seen any good numbers of suckers in almost 10 years.
Ratt419 1 year ago
wow ur a idiot
sertha 1 year ago
You should snag them with a fishing rod its alot more fun that way and they dont have big holes in them lol
crazydux9 1 year ago
@crazydux9 lol yea but i mostly do headshots cause ive been doing it for so long
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
@crazydux9 Yeah, I think so too.
YoungAngler11 1 year ago
blake just goin cheese with the headshots on the suckers.
TheEmortalSoul 1 year ago
what do you do with all the suckers you spear?dog food?
icettrap1 1 year ago
@icettrap1 i fillet them and eat them , but the wormy ones got to dogs or bears
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
where do you get your spears
JCarver81 1 year ago
@JCarver81 i build them ... if you want me to make a how to video let me know
HuntFishTrap128 1 year ago
@HuntFishTrap128 make a video there the best on youtube
diverse2010 1 year ago