FishnDave Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 Wanted one of these on the fly rod for quite some time. Finally happened. Beautiful spawning male Orangespotted Sunfish!Also caught a small Redear Sunfish while flyfishing today: tho1mas, ness, BilletHead and 3 others 6
Johnsfolly Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 1:33 AM, FishnDave said: Wanted one of these on the fly rod for quite some time. Finally happened. Beautiful spawning male Orangespotted Sunfish!Also caught a small Redear Sunfish while flyfishing today: Expand Congrats on the orangespotted sunfish! Great looking fish! Now I'm jealous. Been trying for them and just haven't caught one yet. And I'm not even trying to catch one with a fly🙄. Congrats again! FishnDave and snagged in outlet 3 2
FishnDave Posted June 4, 2020 Author Posted June 4, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 11:02 AM, Johnsfolly said: Congrats on the orangespotted sunfish! Great looking fish! Now I'm jealous. Been trying for them and just haven't caught one yet. And I'm not even trying to catch one with a fly🙄. Congrats again! Expand Thanks! I know where you can get one...it would require a trip to central Iowa. Johnsfolly 1
Johnsfolly Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 1:51 PM, FishnDave said: Thanks! I know where you can get one...it would require a trip to central Iowa. Expand When I was last in Iowa back in July 2018 I was hoping to try for one then, but everything was flooded. A bit longer commute from MD now than when I lived in Columbia . FishnDave 1
FishnDave Posted June 4, 2020 Author Posted June 4, 2020 Its a small window of opportunity...this shallow, tiny body of water gets an impenetrable growth of weeds during the summer. I think the weeds keep the water cooler underneath, so its probably a good thing. I always worry the fish will die oxygen starvation, but they've survived for 4-5 years so far. And this past winter, the air circulation was turned off, and the it was thought the pond froze solid...but the fish are still there. Johnsfolly 1
Johnsfolly Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 Here's the closest that I have come to catching an orangespotted sunfish, a redspotted sunfish from SE Missouri. Same type of pond as what you have described. I caught this one on a microjig that I could have fished with a fly rod. FishnDave 1
FishnDave Posted June 4, 2020 Author Posted June 4, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 2:56 PM, Johnsfolly said: Here's the closest that I have come to catching an orangespotted sunfish, a redspotted sunfish from SE Missouri. Same type of pond as what you have described. I caught this one on a microjig that I could have fished with a fly rod. Expand That's great! I have NEVER caught one of those! Nor a Redbreast Sunfish, or Flier....Heck I might be the only person on this site that hasn't caught a Longear Sunfish yet!
Johnsfolly Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 3:33 PM, FishnDave said: Heck I might be the only person on this site that hasn't caught a Longear Sunfish yet! Expand That's probably true ! FishnDave 1
tjm Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 I need to pay more attention to perch identity, I'm sure I've caught several species of sunfish, some of them even big enough to eat. FishnDave 1
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