My son and I caught a couple dozen of these at our local golf course pond in the last hour of light yesterday. On 3-weight fly rods with 2lb tippet and a #10 chartreuse popper, they put up quite a fight. I'm always surprised at how hard these slabs battle.
Anyway, I was really taken by the colors, and tried looking them up to identify. I was leaning towards 'spotted sunfish', but could not seem to find an exact match in any charts, since these seemed to have much more yellow/orange from gill to tail. Hopefully we can get a quick consensus on the exact sunfish ID.
Thanks in advance for the input...
Anyway, I was really taken by the colors, and tried looking them up to identify. I was leaning towards 'spotted sunfish', but could not seem to find an exact match in any charts, since these seemed to have much more yellow/orange from gill to tail. Hopefully we can get a quick consensus on the exact sunfish ID.
Thanks in advance for the input...