Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Lepomis Species on Fly Rod

 A quick online search will reveal that there are (were) originally 13 species in the Lepomis (sunfish) genera.  Longear Sunfish have recently been broken into some additional species/subspecies.  But for now, I'm sticking with the "original" 13, which are (in no particular order):

1. Bluegill

2. Redear Sunfish

3. Redbreast Sunfish

4. Green Sunfish

5. Warmouth

6. Longear Sunfish

7. Pumpkinseed Sunfish

8. Dollar Sunfish

9. Orange-spotted Sunfish

10. Redspotted Sunfish

11. Spotted Sunfish

12. Bantam Sunfish

13. Northern Sunfish

I've so far caught all of these on the fly rod....EXCEPT Northern Sunfish.  Anybody got really good spots for them? :)

I'm posting a picture of each of the species I've caught so far... my fish pictures.  So... here we go! 

1. Bluegill:

(and here's a Coppernose Bluegill from Florida):

2. Redear Sunfish:

3. Redbreast Sunfish:

4. Green Sunfish:

5. Warmouth:


6. Longear Sunfish:

7. Pumpkinseed Sunfish:

8. Dollar Sunfish:

9. Orange-spotted Sunfish:

10. Redspotted Sunfish:


11. Spotted Sunfish: 

12. Bantam Sunfish:

13. Northern Sunfish

(I haven't caught this one on the fly rod yet)

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