Red Spotted Sunfish......Also caught great numbers in Louisiana bayous earlier this year
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Native to Some Of The Oldest Natural Lakes in North Carolina
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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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney 2 hours ago
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Despite their small size they are aggressive……..I’ve used raw chicken in crab traps in this lake and caught some of these little fish looking for small pieces of chicken to eat…
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Comment by John Sheehan 2 hours ago
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I believe they are here in NJ too Jeff, but I've never seen one. Cool little Fish .
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Don’t know if you saw these John…..these are the only spotted sunfish I’ve seen in North Carolina….
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Some of the coolest spotted sunfish are the elusive blue spotted sunfish........
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This particular lake does have salt water in it so I would say yes on the brackish/tidal waters......
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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on September 23, 2014 at 5:30pm
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Neat little fishes
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Comment by John Foro on September 23, 2014 at 12:51pm
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Are these awesome looking fish found in brackish water?
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Comment by dick tabbert on September 23, 2014 at 9:29am
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Neat little sunfish just when you think you seen it all. Looks like they have kinda big mouths and large eyes neato.
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Here's some Blue Spotted sunfish from the oldest lake in North carolina.......
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I saw that Rick.....they are cool!
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Red Spotted Sunfish......Also caught great numbers in Louisiana bayous earlier this year
"My first fish was a Pumpkinseed in Packanack Lake, Wayne NJ. I recall catching Bluegills, Pseeds,…"
Native to Some Of The Oldest Natural Lakes in North Carolina
"Despite their small size they are aggressive……..I’ve used raw chicken in crab…"
Native to Some Of The Oldest Natural Lakes in North Carolina
"I believe they are here in NJ too Jeff, but I've never seen one. Cool little Fish ."
A Few Bluegill Mixed in With Spotted Sunfish in Louisiana…
These fish are most often called “stump knockers” in Louisiana regardless of the species……they…
Newly Established North Carolina Record Spotted Sunfish Caught By Elijah Crabtree 7.7 oz
"This is the record for spotted sunfish in North Carolina but I’ve only seen the tiny blue…"
May Get To Target Some Red Spotted Sunfish This Week Down in Louisiana....
"Here’s another that I caught on the small panfish gulp minnow…."
Native to Some Of The Oldest Natural Lakes in North Carolina
"Don’t know if you saw these John…..these are the only spotted sunfish I’ve seen…"
Some Of My Most Recent Spotted Sunfish
"See how aggressive they are…standard panfish gulp minnow and this small one basically just…"
Red Spotted Sunfish......Also caught great numbers in Louisiana bayous earlier this year
"I scaled a few but I chose to filet 98% of these fish…..you could catch 100 or more off one…"
I will Also Seek to Catch an Even Rarer Species of Spotted Sunfish...the Orange....
"Yes….not as plentiful as red spotted sunfish but huge colonies are found across the bayous…"
Red Spotted Sunfish......Also caught great numbers in Louisiana bayous earlier this year
"It is John….this is the main sunfish that I grew up with on the bayous of southeastern…"
Red Spotted Sunfish......Also caught great numbers in Louisiana bayous earlier this year
"One cool Fish, Jeff! I have a good book called 'America's favorite Fishing' by F.…"
Had the Taste for Some Gills…..
" thanks Jeff ill let you know how much i like this method when i try it out."
Had the Taste for Some Gills…..
"Not at all……once cooked the first thing we do when eating is to remove both fins…"
Had the Taste for Some Gills…..
" When eating is the top dorsal fin a problem at all... i mention because i saw a youtube video…"
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