Orange Spotted Sunfish. If Iowa kept records for this species it may have been close to the record. I think it went about 6 inches. Iowa DNR says most in Iowa reach about 4.
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Orange Spotted Sunfish. If Iowa kept records for this species it may have been close to the record. I think it went about 6 inches. Iowa DNR says most in Iowa reach about 4.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t...une2010094.jpg
Cool-lookin fish!
Yeah, I'm going to try and catch a few more next year. They don't get big but they make up for it in looks!
They are fairly rare around here. In fact I've only found them in one stream in the area. Both the ones I caught were females, not so bright and pretty as the male you've got there. Yours would also be about 2 inches bigger than the ones I caught. Nice fish!
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Lots of them around here. Dry flies on a small stream in the summer is a blast.
Edit: Can't seem to get the pictures bigger. You can click on them though.
zhoyt, your first picture is (I think) a Longear Sunfish...those are even MORE rare around here! That's a beautiful, colorful fish as well!
Your second picture is a Green Sunfish.
Good catch Dave. I skipped over the "Orange Spooted Sunfish" in the original post. These are a dime a dozen down here. About every stream that holds water year round has them. This was a small creek we fished last summer. Foam beetles and crickets did well. About the time the fly hit the water, one of these brutes would hit it.
I used to seine minnows in a creek near our farm just to see what I'd catch. I caught a few orange spotted sunfish but none nearly as colorful or as large as the one you have pictured.
they are in every lake in east texas that i have fished pretty easy to catch and pretty cool to look at
Robin
i forgot to ask Fishon! what is the name of the fly you are using it looks very good
robin