Species: Shorthead Redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum) Location: Caledonia, Ontario, Canada Date: July 16, 2018 I live in Oregon, a place where half of our native suckers are threatened or endangered, and the other half can be difficult to locate and catch. Apart from Largescale Sucker, none of the sucker species we have are caught very often. Oh…
Species: Shortnose Sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) Location: Undisclosed Location Date: January 12, 2018 A few people told me I shouldn’t write about this one, and I both understand and respect their reasoning; however, I think I should write about this precisely because nobody else wants to talk about it. We have a species at risk of extinction…
Species: Klamath Largescale Sucker (Catostomus snyderi) Location: Sprague River, Sprague River, Oregon Date: November 6, 2016 While I occasionally reference and link to articles I’ve written for the Herald and News or other newspapers on my blog, I try to generate new content for this site. But every now and then, I’ve already told the story of a new…
