Identify this sucker

[Poke 'Em]

First one I've caught. Caught it in Wyoming. Any experts out there that can tell what kind of sucker it is?

[JeffHamm]

Hi,

I'm certainly no expert, but it looks like a whitefish to me. I'm only basing that on having seen a few in other people's reports though since I've never caught one myself.

- Jeff

[Normand]

its not a whitefish

whitefish



i think the title of your post nailed it! its a sucker!

[Steven]

We in the Midwest know this as a sucker.

[branhap]

Probably a flannelmouth sucker. Possibly, Bluehead sucker as well. 2 native fish of Wyoming.

Paul

[chewydog]

Definitely looks like a Hoover to me...

[KeatonsDad]

Ugly Sucka,

Yeller Belly Sucka,

Bottom Sucka.


My three best guesses.

[Uncle Jesse]

I thought it was a bottom dwelling scum sucker, but it's a fish, not a lawyer.

[Midwest Custom Fly Rods]

Yep it's a White Sucker, tons of them around here during steelie season.

[NJTroutbum]

Yessir...a white sucker. They are actually very good eating if caught in cold clear water with a primairly stone bottom. Flat water suckers taste like the bottom of the creek:^)