(A) Largescale Sucker (B) Freshwater Drum (C) Yellow Bullhead (D) Spotted Gar (E) Chiselmouth (F) Alligator Gar (G) Bigmouth Buffalo (H) Northern Pikeminnow (I) White Sturgeon (J) Blue Sucker (K) Burbot (L) Lake Sturgeon (M) Bowfin (N) American Paddlefish (O) Lake Whitefish (P) Flathead Catfish What’s in A Name?
It’s time to bid farewell to “trash fish.” Select examples of native fishes currently and previously classified as rough fish. It’s time to put this outdated idea to rest. In fact, the idea of native “trash fish” is based solely on unjustifiable cultural ideas of what fish are “good” or “bad.” Even when doing so is not based in science. And there are “rough” fish – fish that can often be killed in any way, without restriction. There are “game” fish – intensively managed and regulated. It unfortunately is also a fisheries management paradigm. This is not just a classification used by ignorant anglers. These are beautiful, native fish, important species in complex ecosystems. I’ve even heard it’s illegal to throw suckers back. Sometimes the onlooker goes so far as to suggest I throw them on the bank. And every spring, I can count on hearing this. That’s all that’s in here,” he said with a dismissive wave.Įvery spring, I fish for largescale suckers in the local creek.
My friend started to fill him in on the morning the guy cut him off. “You catch anything here besides trash fish?” he asked, genuinely curious. A guy approached us, a quizzical look on his face. My friend, a visiting fish biologist, was thrilled to catch species new to him, like chiselmouth, largescale sucker and northern pikeminnow.Ī car pulled off the road and a family spilled out. The morning had delivered pretty much everything we could ask: beautiful weather, running water and plenty of fish. My friend slipped the largescale sucker in the water and it immediately swam into a deeper pool.
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