Rough Fish

[Ewanflyfish]

Thought i’d start a thread dedicated to rough fish. This could be carp, suckers, fall fish, catfish, or any other fish that people often ignore or don’t target. I’ve always enjoyed targeting specifically white suckers on the fly. Anyways i’d love to see any pictures of fish you guys are catching that you’d consider rough fish, or any flies you tie to target them. I’ll start things off with a nice white sucker I caught today on a pink scud.😁

 

[Ryan Hall]

I’ve caught some monster suckers in spring creek. I personally think fresh water drum get a bad rap. Lots of people chase their salt water cousins.

 

[LLR]

A 20 inch sucker gives you a great fight on a fly rod.

I always get optimistic I have a huge brown trout until I get my first glimpse it is sucker

 

[Bamboozle]

I've run into some pretty rough characters at few creeks I frequent...

 

[albatross]

This is my kind of thread. I'm affectionately known as the Sucker King among my close circle of fishing buddies.

 

[Ewanflyfish]

I’ve caught some monster suckers in spring creek. I personally think fresh water drum get a bad rap. Lots of people chase their salt water cousins.

Completely agree on fresh water drum, always wanted to catch one. Pretty sure their not in any of the water near me though.

 

[Mike]

Completely agree on fresh water drum, always wanted to catch one. Pretty sure their not in any of the water near me though.

You’re in luck….unfortunately. Somehow they were introduced into the lower Delaware River or Estuary system and were discovered in recent years. If their introduction follows the usual trend with exotics (to a given river system), the population is probably building.

 

[MarkC]

I like to fish the big eddies on the upper Delaware trying to pick out the square tails among the fork tails. I have landed some enormous chub mixed in with the outsized browns. The chubs do not put up much of a fight.

Mark C

 

[Bamboozle]

I used to regularly target "rough fish" with bait on the Delaware along 611 in the Delaware Water Gap. Suckers were another favorite at many places like Section 5 of the Brodhead Creek when I lived in E Burg and Darby Creek & Yarnell Run when I lived in Delco.

I haven't fished for suckers for a long time, but now that the PFBC has defined Stocked Trout Waters by section, it makes it a lot easier to find a place to chase suckers legally this time of year.

It may be time to set up a chair and go fishing for them again!!