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Or the redbreast I often see here on the forum ? Not sure the proper id name ….My old lone star beer Texas freshwater fish chart says yellowbelly sunfish ?
I know its for sure a long one and worthy of mention in these parts , I always called them river bream myself as they seem to be about 99.9% of the time be in a flowing water body here in Texas.
sure fought well on a winter day in the creek and I thought at first I had me a nice red ear sunfish . :highfive
That's a pretty fish, whatever it is! :highfive
That’s a good one, and pretty to boot.
Nice fish.
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Pretty fish, but I don't know the name!:dono
It is a red breast...but in Texas it is also referred to as Ketchn said.....yellow belly.Quote:
Originally Posted by trypman1
Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis
auritus)
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I travel 81 miles one way to catch those is the spring. Nickajack Lake is full of them...and nice ones. They do fight like a red ear. I’ve never caught a single one west of Jasper, TN in the lakes I fish. Go figure.....they made it all the way to Texas but couldn’t stop along the lakes in Middle TN....LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
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A nice looking Sunfish, and decent size to boot. About ten of those would make some awful good fish taco fillers! Good catch.
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Same Fish?
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That fish looks to hybridized to me ......the ones I see that are in the rivers and such in Texas have a deep forked tail that’s sharp on the tips ...
The one I posted isn’t the best example of the tail and it looks a bit worn on the bottom .
And I don’t remember ever seeing any patterns of spots on them either
My 2 cents
Used to catch them from a certain small lake in west Tennessee. In that particular body of water they were prolific and consistently grew to 8 or 9 inches long. Alas, they drained the lake to make repairs and when they refilled it, only bluegill and shellcrackers are present. The fishing for them (gills and crackers) is still very good, and bigger specimens of both are more common than any redbreast sunfish I can remember, but I do miss that unique fish that was a fond memory of my youth 40 years ago.
I sent this picture to my fisheries biologist friend that works for our SC DNR. Doesn't look like the red breast we catch here. She'll know for sure and I'll share her answer.
Well it's confirmed as red breast possibly hybridized. She explained that Texas has a completely different drainage than SC and similar species appear different in different environments.
She said the long ear flap gives away the identity.
The red breast we catch in our tannin stained rivers have dark red breast, hence the name. Some locals call them Robins.
I think Stan’s fish is a hybrid fish but the original I posted is mostly if not 100% pure from all the ones I have seen in these parts
The pointy nose is kinda another give away on them .and the ear flap is always really long long