Ali Iyoob

Northern Hogsucker

Hypentelium nigricans

7/15/15
Eno River NC

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drawer.bli

Sat, 07/18/2015 - 19:38

Nice!!!! How did you catch one so small? There's only small ones near me.
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TonyS

Sun, 07/19/2015 - 10:06

Drawer - Normally I'd say look for bigger Hogs to make catching them easier.  Out of curiousity I looked it up and they can reach maturity as small as 5" so it is very possible that large ones don't exist in your parts, especially if you are fishing smaller creeks.  I've caught lots of 8" Whites, Hogs, and Shortheads with a #12 hook and a piece of redworm.  This one looks a bit smaller so I would imagine going even smaller on the hook would help, with ultralight gear and a light sinker

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Ali Iyoob

Mon, 07/20/2015 - 00:56

I was on my traditional micro setup for reallllly small stuff looking for Pinewoods Shiners when I saw three of these come into the shallows and feed. There were some larger ones in the main runs, but I failed to catch those because they were moving fast and in stronger currents.