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):

I'm posting a picture of each of the species I've caught... 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



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