TPW TV—BLUE SUCKER:  In search of a blue ghost in 
the Colorado River…ahead… on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas (September 1)

The Colorado River is home to a blue ghost: a fish 
called the Blue Sucker. It’s a rare and threatened 
species, and for Mathew Acre, it’s worth the days, 
weeks and months spent searching for it.

08— Currently the Blue Sucker status is somewhat 
unknown in the lower Colorado River, so we are not a 
hundred percent sure how the Blue Sucker is doing.

Acre is a PhD Student from Texas Tech, and works 
with a team – that includes TPW biologist Dakus 
Geeslin – to search for this elusive fish.

11— So we are about ten miles east of Austin on the 
Colorado River, we are looking for that faster water, and 
some type of structure, they are really adept at swimming 
in fast water, they are great swimmers.

Blue suckers used to be found throughout North 
America, but dams and poor river quality have led 
to their dramatic decline.

12—It’s unique in that it has this really elongated body 
and it hangs out in these fast flowing waters, shoots, and 
riffles, that most fish tend to avoid because they just 
don’t have the energy budget to stay within that riffle.

Join the search for the blue sucker when you tune 
into the TPW TV series on PBS Sept. 3-9.

10— Wow, finally! He was in that fast water just where we 
expected him to be! It just took us a couple of passes 
through there. You just have to be on your game. That is 
awesome dude!

The Wildlife and Sport Fish restoration program 
support our series. 

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti. 


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