Arizona Bonefish
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This is a little light for a trip report, but hey, post what you’ve got, right? Made it out today with my dad for a float on the Salt River, which is our redheaded stepchild of a tailwater. We caught some dinker trout, but the highlight of the day was the numerous and highly elusive Arizona bonefish (or desert sucker to the lay person). That’s right. I like the way they grab a copper john and run into the backing, especially when the alternative is watching the pro bowl.
And now, the dirtiest FP you’ve seen in a while:
A sucker is not at all like a carp. A carp WILL take you into your backing every time…………well, almost every time.
A sucker is not at all like a carp. A carp WILL take you into your backing……….unlike a sucker.
Are you sure?
A sucker is not at all like a carp.
Yeah. The “sucker” is probably one of a large group of native fishes evolved over tens of millions of years and native to North America. The carp is a giant minnow introduced here by some white guys a handful of generations ago. I can live with that; I spend my entire summer carp angling. I just think suckers are cool fish, difficult to catch, and reeking of good karma due to their native origin.
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I have not found a sucker to be difficult to catch. Maybe it is because the ones I usually catch have the munchies.
*for the record, the Mt. suckers are a lot easier to catch than their cousin, the desert sucker
Suckers will get you there (if you fish a really long drift)!
Carp are a gas. Recycled pic of one such fish on my 4 weight in the same stream:
A sucker is not at all like a carp. A carp WILL take you into your backing every time…………well, almost every time.
They will for sure in big water.
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