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This group is for the anglers that don't want a seldom seen member of the sunfish family to be overlooked...They happen to be one of the prettiest members of the sunfish family....

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Flier Sunfish Spawning 2 Replies

I often find Fliers mixed in with other sunfish beds like Bluegill. Some of the biggest Fliers I have ever caught have come out of large Bluegill beds. Has anyone else had the same experience in…Continue

Started by Jeffrey D. Abney. Last reply by Jeffrey D. Abney Dec 25, 2011.

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on October 9, 2013 at 1:17pm: Welcome Robbie....I hope you can share some of the images of those Richmond Mill Giants......Big Fliers that is......I've seen some great pictures that indicate the Fliers are taking advantage of the healthy waters in Richmond Mill....look forward to your input.....

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on July 31, 2013 at 3:49pm: Welcome to the group James.....1 pound 5 ounces shared by an angler in Lowndes County Georgia and a pond angler in North Carolina.........cool species of sunfish...

Comment by James Micheal Landrum on July 30, 2013 at 9:35pm: There is only ONE place i've seen Fliers down in our river in south Georgia. They only bite the small red wigglers , think I'll start going after them. what's the record size???

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 22, 2013 at 2:52pm: Starting to see a few Fliers now....getting pumped up as May approaches, the month that I traditionally catch the largest Fliers of the year...

Comment by Jason Preslar on March 6, 2013 at 10:07am: Will do Jeffrey, hopefully I can get out that way for a day or two!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 6, 2013 at 9:45am: Put it on your bucket list and if you make it over to the eastern part of the state I'll put you on a few......

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 6, 2013 at 9:33am: Welcome Jason.....I've never heard of Fliers coming west of the coastal plains in North Carolina......I feel very lucky to have such a heavy concentration of this sunfish species around the Albemarle/Pamlico Sound Estuary......

Comment by Jason Preslar on March 6, 2013 at 7:40am: I guess this is why I never see them. Seem to be distributed around the coastal plains more than toward the mountains. I'll find them some day!!

http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/bream/flier/

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 26, 2013 at 6:03pm: Fliers will begin to push shallow next month in the tidal waters of North Carolina and Virginia.......They traditionally arrive ahead of the bluegills in this region and are often caught right in the middle of a big Coppernose bed come late Spring and early Summer........

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on November 12, 2012 at 1:31pm: Bluegill have slowed way down in recent weeks with the in flux of colder air temperatures and falling water temperatures but our Friends the Fliers, have continued to bite and were pretty active this weekend on the black water rivers of Northeast N.C and Southeastern Virginia....Caught 32 today on Veteran's Day on the Northwest River....near bottom and very light bites on minnows and grass shrimp.....Water temperatures on the surface were 47 at first light and had risen to 53 by midday.......

Smaller the bait the better with these colder temperatures.....