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Longear are really pretty fish. According to the USGS they are native to my area also. Too bad they don't get very big.
If it ever quits raining and Cow Creek goes back down I would like to do some fishing in it. Last time I did creek fishing as recall I was in grade school. Would like to see what is actually there.
From my childhood I remember my brothers calling sunfish different names, but now I think as much as anything we were just seeing different variations from male to female and spawning season differences and giving them names. Basically we didn't know squat.
I know a lot of guys like their pure bred fish lines but I like some of the hybrids. They get big enough to be fun to catch and yet they are aggressive enough to not be too hard to catch. Had some great nephews (3-6 years old) do some fishing off the dock yesterday and they pulled several small hybrids out. If nothing else is biting, the GSF and GSF hybrids will.
