Sucker Grabbing?

[oneshot]

Ok I have never been but would like to. Not sure how to rig up and size of Equipment needed?

Thought maybe going down to Forsyth with my 18/60 Jon on Taney. Open for other suggestions. Has anyone ever heard of them Grabbing on the Niangua River?

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[grizwilson]

OneShot

Some guys use very heavy salt type rods. I prefer a med/hvy bass rod, use 30# test mono (I use maxima) It provided strength enough but still breakable on a snag. Some guys use the bottle openers with a single hook, I prefer a 3/0 or 4/0 treble as I feel that i can place and control it better and cast to the fish rather than "setting a trap" It has been several years since I did any grabbing on the Niangua but used to be some good spots.

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[Wayne SW/MO]

In the spring they grab at the bridge on Bull creek on the west side of Bull Creek. Not much shallows to grab in on the lower lake. We are talking grabbing and not gigging?

[oneshot]

OneShot

Some guys use very heavy salt type rods. I prefer a med/hvy bass rod, use 30# test mono (I use maxima) It provided strength enough but still breakable on a snag. Some guys use the bottle openers with a single hook, I prefer a 3/0 or 4/0 treble as I feel that i can place and control it better and cast to the fish rather than "setting a trap" It has been several years since I did any grabbing on the Niangua but used to be some good spots.

g

I have a Surf Rod I use for Snagging Spoonbill with 30# Cajun Mono.

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[duckydoty]

Jet up Bull Creek and take a looksy

[oneshot]

In the spring they grab at the bridge on Bull creek on the west side of Bull Creek. Not much shallows to grab in on the lower lake. We are talking grabbing and not gigging?

Ok where would you suggest? I have a Big Jon with 70HP.

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[Bill Babler]

They are not up there quite yet. Went way up Roark and Turkey both and seen none. Both creeks will get so full you can walk on them.

[grizwilson]

They are not up there quite yet. Went way up Roark and Turkey both and seen none. Both creeks will get so full you can walk on them.

No matter Season does not open until March 15. They would be hard to see in the snow today anyway, come on spring.

[Bill Babler]

The sucker run here kind of goes on just about the same as the crappie spawn or the morel mushroom time. Most think it is when the dogwood just start to bloom and from what the old timers say. "When the bloom is the size of a squirrels ear" What ever that means.

We fish trout heavy in those creeks early, and it really seems to me it is usually April before the suckers get on the move up the creeks on taneycomo.

Good Luck. They are really tasty.

[Sam]

Bill, I've always heard it's "When the oak leaves are the size of a squirrel's ear", and that's about the time of the dogwoods blooming and morels popping up. Every year I get antsy after a long winter and start looking for spawning crappie, white bass, and suckers in March - and that goes on until I find them in April.