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“Redear sunfish were originally found in the southeastern US from Texas north to a line even with southern Illinois and east to the Atlantic Ocean. As a result of introductions, the range has been expanded and now extends west into New Mexico and north into Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. In Texas the species is native to the eastern two-thirds of the state from the Red River to the Rio Grande. It has been widely introduced throughout the state.“
Redear Sunfish (Lepomis
microlophus)
Gonna a post - 79 fish ain't bad 6 hours! It might help.
Didn't wan to highjack the post.
Carolina rig a # 6 hook/jig with a meal worm , red worm , cricket or wax worm . Drag it slow across the bottom . If they are there they will find it .
I catch them a lot in the same places the crappie spawn.
I use 1/64 hand tied black jigs
I think they have a #8 hook.
It’s a challenge, once you find em it’s fun.
Blue Gill are usually in the same areas too
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small pop eye jig with part of red worm....the jig keeps from gut hooking.......also drop shot rig with red worm on a jig hook with no lead on it...drag on bottom
Hi I am in Tennessee, but we are catching them right now. I am fishing in about 2' of water and using a slip bobber with a small piece of nightcrawler on a hook set about 18". I have also been using this Bobby Garland jig with a 16th Oz pink jighead, with a slow retrieve. Shellcrackers and Crappie love this color here.Attachment 399652Attachment 399653Attachment 399654Attachment 399655
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The red ear population is not near what it was years ago .
Modern depthfinder with side scan has hurt the population enormously , In pryor days people had to work at finding the beds and most gave up before they did to much damage, now days they just drive down the bank and when they find the beds they fish them to death untill they have caught almost all the bedding fish and then that colony is gone . It kills me to see people posting about how many they caught in a short amount of time ,
If they only understood the damage they were doing ,
They are fun to catch but only take what you need and through the rest back . Its the only way the population will return . 15 years ago they were abundant .
not sure , we have mega mussel beds and the waters that should hold themQuote:
Originally Posted by Slab Apprentice
all i know is that in the dfw area , a private spot might have a few .
but public waters hold almost zero ,i can count on one hand the number i have seen in the last 10 years on local waters .
i know pretty factually if they existed in any numbers anywhere near here ,myself or my ketchn crew would have found them .
SK found a couple at marine creek one year ,it says the lake used to have good numbers ,but they went south in there ?
thats about the only spot i have heard of where someone ketched more than one .:dono
with the one exception just south of you at the state park , no big ones , but we do ketch 1 or 2 when we visit there sometimes .