Orangespotted sunfish

**Louisiana** · 10-23-2008, 08:57 PM

What your looking at, is a juvenile "Red Ear" "Shell Cracker"

**john h** · 10-24-2008, 05:01 AM

nope the pics on there are of the species listed

**crappiefarmer** · 10-26-2008, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by jack

CF is right,they get a good bit bigger here in E NC.I assume the farmer is talking about Phelps Lake.Lake Waccamaw just west of Wilmington has some fairly decent ones as well.

Yep. Phelps. CF

**crappiefarmer** · 10-26-2008, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by john h

orangespotted and pumpkinseeds are 2 different species.. the orangespottted sunfish max size is 6 inches where as the pumpkinseed can get much larger..here is a pick of a pumpkinseed.. they do kind of favor each other..one big difference is the red of the eye

both picks below are of pumpkinseeds with different colloring

yeah, I noticed the eye later. But the markings on the top pics are closer to what We have here on pumpkinseed. The second pic looks nothing like these at home. The bottom pic is closer. I guess a mix of the top and bottom pic would be what We have. The only fish i have seen here locally with a red eye is shellcrackers. Interesting species. CF

**jafacman** · 11-08-2008, 12:59 AM

Ive caught 1000,s of those (Redeye) out of the Ocmulgee River here in central GA But I dont know if it is A good idea to relocate them like that...Might cause A disease or breeding epidemic to your area in the future ???????

**siddhartha** · 12-06-2008, 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by Crappieslayer72

Something a little more common, but still very colorful would be the longear sunfish. They are common here I don't know about in CA. I think they are one of the coolest looking fish out there. And they are a pretty tenacious little fish.

We call them creek perch up here and you most certainly are correct, they are tenacious fighters; love to catch them on flyrod, love to eat them too, though small they are absolutely delicious.

I used to flyrod a couple of creeks specifically for them.

**cityboy** · 12-06-2008, 11:28 PM

not a shellcracker thats for sure . shouldnt matter they taste just as good when they are small . you just need more of them .:D

**Illinoisgiller** · 12-07-2008, 08:49 AM

Please do not even consider relocating fish to your area.
I can only form my opinion of the California fishery in general from the images i've seen of fish caught there. You have a diverse fishery there and why even think of ruining it.
I'm sure your intentions are good, but relocating fish is a disaster waiting to happen. ole Mike

**rnvinc** · 12-07-2008, 09:20 AM

Taterchip fillets!

**JSC** · 12-07-2008, 08:26 PM

Fellers where I grew up in Alabama (Troy Area) all of our creeks and the Conechu river have the first one shown ... all ways small as described pull like a fish 3 times his size ... We called them Red Bellies .. Here in North West FL have the same fish but they all call it River Brim, Willow Brim and Swift Water Brim. They do not get any size here on the Choctawhatchee but over on the Ochlocknee especialy in the waters below the Talquin Dam is a brim that looks like this fish but is generly more the color of a bluegill that reaches close to 2 pounds (the size of the mouth, gill and jaw markings and the red or yellow belly is the same talking about something that can stretch UR line .. let me tell U they can do it !! ) Ifn I keep thinkin bout them will have to get over that way this spring and see if I can catch a mess of them ... I have seen a couple of the mounted ones in a tackle shop in GA and when Ed & Bernice had the camp on the river below talquin on hwy 20 they had one big one mounted as well .......
Maybe this Spring thats when I have caught the most of them ... up small creeks with high water on the edge of a sand bar ... Side note ... The Appilachicola has seen a decrease in the number of these Brim since the Flat Head Catfish was introduced in these waters ... seems that it is the best live bait U can use for them and the Flat Heads have really worked on them.

JSC

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