Lunch break on the river

This time of year the sunfish that live in the river about 250 yards from my job are in numbers by a rock pile near the bank. they provide quite a nice lunch break when the crappie wont cooperate down there .
The colors are hard to be beat and for sure I call them the jewels of the river . I managed a large number in an hour the other day and thought I would show them colorful little sunfish off here .
Hope you enjoy the photos and put on some shades before you view them because they are that bright . And yes I used lil pcs. of sunfish to ketch said sunfish :highfive

Pretty fish!

NICE!! And longears have won lotsa purdy fish awards. And when caught with quality ultralite rod/reel lotsa fun!!

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Love to catch a batch of sunfish when the crappie arn't cooperating. On light tackle they are a ball!

Great coloring on them for sure Ketchn...thank you for sharing with us...

Nice catch...

one hand full of color after another. Thanks for sharing. What a great way to spend you lunch break.

Purdy.....

Beautiful fish.

Regards

I would be having lunch at that spot every day, and twice on Sunday to catch those little jewels. I do miss bank fishing in the Summer, our waters are just to high to reach good spots right now via foot.

Rainbows in the palm of your hand.

Beauties! Those longear have a slightly different coloration than what I see around here. A couple of them look like that may be a hybrid species or had a parent that was a hybrid.


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Truly some of the prettiest fish ever. I would be useless with something such as that close by.

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Originally Posted by D10

Beauties! Those longear have a slightly different coloration than what I see around here. A couple of them look like that may be a hybrid species or had a parent that was a hybrid.


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I often wonder myself as they do seem to vary quite a bit on coloration . one thing for certain I don't ketch many female fish of any of the sunfish species in the river as I don't target them in that spot , and that said I don't know if they would vary as well ….

Very nice! :ThumbsUp