Welcome F arm Hunter .I'll check back for your updates.

Hey Farm Hunter, I don't know how many breeding populations there are where I am or across NY in general...I think that there are some pure strain as well as many more hybrid strain Redbreast populations which reproduce with their fellow sunfish cousins (Gills, P-Seeds, Green Sunfish, etc.) at least here in the Upstate A-Dack region. I'm convinced that all of NY has some fantastic Panfish fishing in old farm ponds, remote water bodies in the mountainous areas, as well as in Larger water bodies (Lake Champlain, etc.)

what part of the Erie canal did you catch the green sunfish?