NORTHERN HOG SUCKER | Catching One as Your Identification Helper
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Awesome papillose lips! This ID guide for the northern hog sucker (Hypentelium nigricans) will provide an approximate range map and all the features you need to look at on this fish. I'll also provide some ways you can tell this species apart from the very similar Alabama hog sucker (Hypentelium etowanum) and Roanoke hog sucker (Hypentelium roanokense).
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:44 Finding One
1:14 Found One!
1:35 Netting
2:35 Hog Sucker Basics
3:08 Range Map
3:32 Head Features
4:04 Saddles
4:21 Mouth/Lips
4:35 vs. Roanoke Hog
5:27 vs. Alabama Hog
5:58 Behavior
Пікірлер: 13
If you catch northern hog sucker on rod & reel then post your tips below for other fishers! Cheers! -K
@forestcityfishing4749
3 жыл бұрын
I caught one! Posted it on Fishing Spots App Smallest hook, ultralight rod and line, tiny piece of worm on the bottom...plop it in and hope...they push and turn over stones to find snails and grubs....it takes extreme luck Also a good tactic for these is to wait for a dry spell, then walk down the river bank and watch for them near shore. They will swim right up to you...within feet. I dont think they can see very well. (posted on I- naturalist)
A lot of them in Wabash River
@KNFishingSmarts
Жыл бұрын
Nice..I haven't fished the Wabash...yet.
Lots of giant hogs out in GSMNP
@KNFishingSmarts
Жыл бұрын
Nice.
Great video! I love the style
@KNFishingSmarts
Жыл бұрын
Appreciate that!
Your eyes must be amazing! Even with the camera pointed right at him, it took me a while to see him! Is this the sort of fish the would be caught with a rod & reel? The lips don’t seem designed to bite anything. Also, does this fish eat bugs? Can’t quite envision that, either.
@KNFishingSmarts
3 жыл бұрын
Microfishers (people using itty-bitty hooks) will often catch this species but it's more often caught by net or trap. And yes, the fish will eat insects, mostly the larval forms of aquatic insects.
I caught a fish that resembles the hog sucker If I could send you a couple of pics maybe you identify it for us
@KNFishingSmarts
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Ken, looks like I already responded to you through your form submission at koaw.org. Once again, glad I could help ID that nice-sized hog sucker!
@ElBote54
3 жыл бұрын
@@KNFishingSmarts Koaw, Thanks again for your help and expertise!