Longear

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Comment by Bassandgrass on August 13, 2009 at 1:44pm

Those sure are beautiful!!! Lepomis are not only great fighters for there size, they can give tropical species a run for their money in colors.

Comment by Brian Snodgrass on August 13, 2009 at 9:21am

Nice longears- I catch lots of them here in Kentucky in some of our smaller creeks- Just wish they were larger! Sure are neatly colored fish though!!

Comment by Jeff Borgelt on July 28, 2009 at 9:41pm

Also, here's one from yet another river system that's slightly different from those as well.

Comment by Jeff Borgelt on July 28, 2009 at 9:39pm

They do not get very big at all. This is a slightly above average specimen for the creek I fish.

Drop Shot, I notice there are definitely some variations between longears. I'm not sure if they're recognized as different species or not, but here's a couple pics from a different river system to the west of me. I got permission from the guy that caught them from another forum I frequent.

Comment by Drop Shot on July 28, 2009 at 7:26pm

Beautiful!!! They look totally different up here though, the Northern variety, I'll have to get some pics on next time i get one.

Comment by Lance A. Cashler on July 28, 2009 at 7:08pm

Those are so beautiful. Do they get very big?