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My 6 year old girl and I did some sucker fishing last sunday on the Rum. We really gave her Barbie fishing pole a hard work out!! She sets the hook on her first one and the fish nearly ripped the pole out of her hands! It was a lot of fun watching her getting excited. The drag was just a screaming with line getting ripped off the little pink reel! She was doing her share of sceaming too!!!

Last night I took all the kids to a different spot on the Rum with not much luck, Just alot of snags!

GOOD LUCK!

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Excellent Petie. Thanks for sharing.

I remember when my daughter was about 5 years old, she was tossing her bobber and jig next to a dock, when a bass came up and smoked the bobber. She's been one of Dad's best fishing partners ever since.

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my brother went sucker fishing north of cambrige this week and caught to nice redhorses but caught lots of walleyes he said he came home with those redhorse and they are in the brine and will hit the smoker soon.

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where are good spots to try for suckers on the rum?do you just use worms?

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We were just north of Cambridge. There are alot of good shore fishing spots on the Rum. Most of the time you have the place to your self too.. The Rum is a great fishery for multi-species,yet has low fishing pressure. The city Park in Princeton is good place to start, if you live near Princeton. I use a real simple bottom rig, large egg sinker with a medium sized bait holder hook with a night crawler.

keep it simple for suckers.

GOOD LUCK!!

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first time my little brother ever went fishing he had one of those little snoopy poles. Anyways he had a fish on and must of got scared cause he threw the pole right in the water. Quickest ive ever seen my dad move trying to get that thing, but he ended up going in too. Never did get that pole back.

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your dad move fast. lol you got to be kidding haha.

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dude i could totally see pete goin in the water yelling "i paid $10 for that rod!". . . splash! haha, i would pay money to see that!

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