02-23-2015, 08:27 PM
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I caught about a 5 pound walleye near the mouth of the Provo river a couple of years ago that had 4 freshly munched Junies in its tummy...each about 4 inches long. And I have heard similar tales from others...and from walleyes taken in different spots around the lake.[/quote]
I don't doubt that freshly stocked june suckers get munched by predators, but I do question whether you can distinguish the difference between a june sucker and a utah sucker...especially after a fish has consumed it.
Based on everything I have learned about june suckers, differentiating them from utah suckers is extremely difficult and highly subjective. In fact, there has been much debate about this as far as the june sucker recovery program goes. Even the experts are wrong sometimes in distinguishing and identifying them....
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I caught about a 5 pound walleye near the mouth of the Provo river a couple of years ago that had 4 freshly munched Junies in its tummy...each about 4 inches long. And I have heard similar tales from others...and from walleyes taken in different spots around the lake.[/quote]
I don't doubt that freshly stocked june suckers get munched by predators, but I do question whether you can distinguish the difference between a june sucker and a utah sucker...especially after a fish has consumed it.
Based on everything I have learned about june suckers, differentiating them from utah suckers is extremely difficult and highly subjective. In fact, there has been much debate about this as far as the june sucker recovery program goes. Even the experts are wrong sometimes in distinguishing and identifying them....
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