Brenden Cowen, left, Brandon Simmons, center, and Mike Libby load a catch of sucker fish into crates Thursday in Craigan Brook on Middle Road in Fairfield. The fish will be taken to the coast and sold to local lobstermen for bait.

A crate full of sucker fish stands on the bank of Craigan Brook on Thursday on Middle Road in Fairfield.

Brenden Cowen, right, loads a crate full of sucker fish as Mike Libby holds another crate and Brandon Simmons, far left, gathers the net used to get the silver fish Thursday in Craigan Brook on Middle Road in Fairfield.

Brandon Simmons, top left, and Mike Libby, top right, set the hauling net at the mouth of the catch net Thursday as Brenden Cowen, bottom center, empties a static net filled with sucker fish into the hauling net to be crated and shipped to the coast for lobster bait at Craigan Brook on Middle Road in Fairfield.

Mike Libby, right, leads the way with a crate of sucker fish as Brenden Cowen, center, and Brandon Simmons, left, help push the cargo up the hill with the help of a mechanical wench at the Craigan Brook on Middle Road in Fairfield on Thursday.

Brenden Cowen, left, Brandon Simmons, center, and Mike Libby load a catch of sucker fish into crates Thursday in Craigan Brook on Middle Road in Fairfield. The fish will be taken to the coast and sold to local lobstermen for bait.

Mike Libby hauls a net filled with sucker fish to solid ground Thursday as co-workers Brenden Cowen, back left, and Brandon Simmons, back center, reset the static net in Craigan Brook on Middle Road in Fairfield.

Brandon Simmons, bottom left, and Mike Libby, bottom right, empty a net filled with sucker fish into a hauling net held by Brenden Cowen, top center, on Thursday at Craigan Brook on Middle Road in Fairfield.