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: BilletHead, ness, Quillback and 3 others 6
Johnsfolly Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 9 hours ago, 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: 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 2 hours ago, 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! 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 30 minutes ago, FishnDave said: Thanks! I know where you can get one...it would require a trip to central Iowa. 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 35 minutes ago, 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. 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 8 minutes ago, FishnDave said: Heck I might be the only person on this site that hasn't caught a Longear Sunfish yet! 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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