sweet pseed and very aggressive

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on June 30, 2024 at 11:21am

All things fishing are interesting to me…..I follow the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission very closely…..they have stocked Redbreast into four local rivers that I fish….so far I’ve caught good numbers of Redbreast on two of the four and I have provided size and location to them…..I’m hoping to find them in the other two rivers, one of which is the one full of Pumpkinseeds…..so far the state still has a 12 fish limit on Redbreast, all other sunfish the limit is 30 per person per day….I release most of the Redbreast I catch hoping we will benefit in the coming years….

Comment by John Sheehan on June 30, 2024 at 10:09am

Interesting, are there also Red Breasted Sunfish in that creek? Another small (at least the ones I catch in a small "river") but aggressive Sunfish, nevertheless. The pseeds in that particular water are the most numerous fish I catch there. Only a few Pseeds and Bluegills that I've seen but the up to 12 " Smallmouths are in there also. 

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on June 30, 2024 at 6:36am

Likewise here John, all sunfish species combined are outnumbered by Coppernose on the Albemarle……I do have one creek that you can fill your 30 fish limit with just pumpkinseed…..it’s a marshy setting in which I personally find that coppernose don’t like…..I usually go in that spot with a 1/64th ounce jig tied on to maximize catch ratio..,.

Comment by John Sheehan on June 30, 2024 at 6:13am

The Bluegills are far more numerous in this water but these Pseeds are tough contenders!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on June 29, 2024 at 4:27pm

They can be surprisingly aggressive on larger baits…..catches me off guard every so often….I guess they have to do what they can to eat in a crowd…

Comment by John Sheehan on June 29, 2024 at 4:22pm

Glad you like Jeff. I am pretty amazed it hit a #3 Dressed Spinner!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on June 29, 2024 at 7:04am

Pretty Seed!