I removed about 50 green sunfish over the weekend with my ultra-light panfish rig. 5'6" cherrry wood rod and little shimano spinning reel with 6lb test. This 'green sunfish' hit and it took about 10 or 12 minutes working the drag to get em tired enough to land. I didn't know who would blink first, me or the fish. Needless to say it scared the crap out of me. Landed him with a little 1/8 ounce rooster tail. The little hook was barely in the upper lip and just fell out when I picked him up. Biggest fish out of this tank in a while. Caught some good sized blue-gills too. There may be hope...
PS right at 5 pounds, but skinny.
Mean Green Sunfish... More blue gill are on the way. Thanks guys for this great forum.
Jason
