Thank you everybody for joining. I am sorry it took so long to get back to you, but I got married on Saturday. 

Great pics everyone, Pumpkinseeds are so beautiful. Jim Ducy let me know some of the good lakes that you find, I live in the same area.

Tight lines, Duane

Prettiest warmwater species out there. One of the only fish I catch in which I don't care about the size of the fish. Maybe if I could catch them the size you guys do then I would care. 

Thank you Jeffrey D. Abney, Bruce Condello, Harold Ewing III, Jim Ducy, Jacob Hill, John Sheehan, Bill Musky Modica, Dwayne Denison, Steve Crowders, Steve Kooyers and 2lb Bluegill, for joining the group. It is growing fast, which is cool. I will be getting a lot more involved now, I got married on Saturday, so I have been very busy. I really want this group to be fun and informative. Tight lines, Duane

Bill, nice Pseed pic, that is a beauty, a lot of ice color and as big as your hand. Cool.

2lbgill, Those pics are awesome, what kind of crankbait is that?

Steve Kooyers, Sometimes the Bluegills get alot of orange on the belly, but if it has orange on the sides and the red ear, then it is a Pumpkinseed.

Jim Ducy, if you find any good Pumpkinseed lakes in that area, please let me know. I live in So. Wisconsin too. Lake Wingra and Lake Peewaukee have Pseeds in them.

Jacob Hill, I would love to catch Pumpkinseeds like these guys do too. I agree Jacob, Pseeds are the prettiest freshwater fish there is.

I'll have to dig around my computer for some seed pictures but they're nothing like those others. I prefer trout by a little but their coldwater so its a different game. By the way, check out my rock bass group if you're in to goggs (goggleye) as I call them.

Jacob, I will look forward to the pics and I will check out the Rock Bass group. There are a lot of them in the river I live by.

James Hayes, Welcome to the Pumpkinseed Fananaticds. I hope you have fun on here.  These are a good bunch of guys.

Welcome to Pumpkinseed Fanatics Jen, I hope you like it and have fun here. 

I have relatives and friends in OK.

Have a great day, Duane

Has anyone fished Lake Geneva lately? I was wondering what the fishing is like with the warm winter. Can I catch Pumpkinseed and bluegill from shore? Any advice would be helpful, thank you.

How is the Pumpkinseed ice fishing going?

Duane ,lousy because we dont have ice yet!!

WE HAVE ICE NOW DUANE BUT IT MIGHT BE UNSAFE NEXT WEEK AS IT WARMS . HOPE TO GET OUT FOR A LITTLE TODAY AND TRY OUT MY HUMMINGBIRD ICE 35 AND CATCH SOME PANFISH!

Thanks Duane but I struck out . Had no live bait and used Gulp Maggotts on jigs. I did get out which was fun and I used my new Flasher for the first time.

I am sorry that you struck out, John. How did the flasher work?

Welcome to the group Flyboy.

Worked fine Duane ,my skills and the Gulp Magotts didn't though .

Well at least you know the flasher worked.

Beautiful Longeared Sunfish

Jacob ,I think your fish deserves a feature ! It's beautiful .Any more shots of this fish or more like it?

thank you so much. are you sure that it's a long eared sunfish and not a regular pumpkinseed? i really apologize but i don't have any other good pictures, but i did catch more. i will post those. a huge flood and mild weather made for a huge spawn last spring/summer in the SE indiana creek i was fishing.

Yes Jacob I think it's a Long Eared Sunfish not a Pumpkinseed at least as I know it .PSeeds I dont believe sport the Blue tinge on the fins ,jet black long ear and red eyes .But hey maybe folks in different regions of the country hav pet names and Pumpkinseed applies in your area. Here is a Pumpkinsed from NJ and note it has a red spot on the ear ,no Bluetinged fins and no red eyes .The eyes are blackish . Get other opinions though don't count on just mine! Love your fish ! Wish I could see them up close! Catch one for that matter . So it's a creek fish huh !Hmmm!

I take it back my Pseed does have red eyes .Others I've caught don't .But still the Jet black long ear flap on yours differs from this fish .The blue fin tingeing on your fish and not mine makes it a different species to me .

well i'll be damned they are longears. i almost put one back in my aquarium, glad i didn't. all the old timers down here say they're long gone. my dad used to eat them back in the sixties from that stretch of creek thinking that they were pumpkinseeds.

This one is also a beautiful fish! Aquarium is right!

Another Pseed with out Redeye(either from the camera or actual color of fish eye)

hmmm close up still shows red eye .Gonna have to recall to look at a live Pseed 's eyes now that I'm on this .Thanks Jacob now I gotta know!

noticed your fish have coloring into the fins ,mine dont .I think your "LESunfish ' are prettier than "PSEEDS!

Jacob, Here in Oklahoma that is known as Pumpkinseed!!!!! Since I joined this site I now call them LONGEARED PUNKINSEED!!!!!!!!

yeah greg its crazy what you learn on here. Those longears are endangered in like 10 states or something. The ones that i was catching migrate about 12 miles to that spot from the Ohio River

Thank you DUANE, chances of me catching a pumpkin seed are very slim since they are not in my waters!!!!!! But when I saw Jacobs shot I needed to let him know that is what pumpkin seed are here!!!!!! But I will stay here and learn might get to head NORTH someday!!!!!!

Caught several decent sized Seeds the last few trips.. That's a pleasant surprise down in the brackish water rivers in coastal North Carolina....Let them go today to see how big we could get them.....

I catch many small Seeds but this one is the best of the season...right at 10 ounces.....

Here's a fact sheet about Pumpkinseed sunfish in North Carolina.....Pumpkinseed_profile.pdf

Nice Seeds Jeffrey!

Lake Honeoye NY

A river seed grabbed a 32nd oz tube jig.

These are the beauties of the fresh water.

This week been catching pregnant pseeds up to 6" on Tabbert and Hendrix creations tipped with crawler pieces .Glad the Pseeds  survived last years fish kill.

Being outnumbered with  competing Yellow and White Perch, Bluegills and Crappie,  I catch very few Pseeds in my community lake .However ,the few I catch are usually quite aggressive .Love this local underdog and always release.