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These small but cool sunfish are the Blue spotted species and in coastal North Carolina they are in several of our lakes including Mattamuskeet...........
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Ive seen orange but,blue is diffrent......Cool.
Those little guys are one of the coolest. I didn't know there was such a thing. Thanks for posting
Nice Jeff! Years ago there was an article in "Aquarium" magazine about these great little sunfish, even talked about the possibility of spawning them. To me they look like a dark blue sunfish with light spots…BLUE Spotted Sunfish! Wouldn't it be great if these fish grew to large Bluegill or Redear sizes and could survive outside their small natural habitat area? Imagine catching a one pounder!
Thanks guys......The size isn't the attraction for obvious reasons with Spotted Sunfish but the chance to catch very rare sunfish has always intrigued me as an angler.......The blue spotted might be the smallest I've ever caught but really cool looking fish for sure......I've even caught these little guys in my crab nets on Lake Mattamuskeet as they tear at the bait for little morsels of chicken........and I've had them hit 1/32 ounce jigs before.....aggressive little fish keeps them going despite being on every predator's grocery list.....
ive never seen that type!! cool looking little gill !
Just when we think we seen them all something new to me shows up. Amazing looking little fish.
Absolutely amazing!
looks like the galaxy .Very cool looking fish! Nice pics Jeffrey, thanks!
These little fish will crush a live grass shrimp in a heart beat......
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