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…
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I will Also Seek to Catch an Even Rarer Species of Spotted Sunfish...the Orange....
A very isolated Sunfish species that I may get an opportunity to fish later this week in southern Louisiana.....Orange Spotted Sunfish
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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney 22 minutes ago
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Yes….not as plentiful as red spotted sunfish but huge colonies are found across the bayous of southern Louisiana…..
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Comment by John Sheehan 2 hours ago
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Very cool!
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But like several of the other recent discussions.......I often though an "orange" spotted sunfish might be a hybrid of some sort......perhaps a red spotted X bluegill........just makes you wonder when they are so isolated to a particular region..........But I've caught them piled up before similar to other spawning events, and every one of them are covered with the brilliant orange spots that clearly separate it from it's cousin the red spotted sunfish.....Just something else to think about....
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I'd love to see Tim Overbaugh get a hold on some of these......that would make a great piece.....
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Thanks Mike......never caught one anywhere else...........
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Comment by mike martinez on September 24, 2014 at 6:39am
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Nice fish......
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Craig......Here's a photo from the last time I got into the orange spotted sunfish down in Louisiana......
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Thanks Tooty......
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Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on July 19, 2014 at 1:03pm
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Beautiful fish Jeffrey , congrats buddy !!!
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I didn't get a chance this year Ben but I'm hoping around the holidays......I know of three bayous in Southeastern Louisiana that hold these Orange Spotted Sunfish......I've caught quite a few over the years with my largest at just over 6.5 inches.....Red spotted are the most common down where I grew up and are often called "Stump Knockers".......
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