are red ear the same as the red breasted we have here in the North? Looks it. Also are there pumpkinseed and long ear sunfish in the south? or just bluegill and these red ear?
Up here in Idaho, I do not know about other states, there is NOlimit to how many Blue Gill you can catch regardless of size, because, they are almost a peest, the lakes and ponds around here they dont grow many bass or catfish so there is not many predators, the bigger lakes grow the predators big enough but not the small ones, the pond I go to is overrun with gill,I am talking every cast you will get one 3in to 6in at most, they do not growHUGE because of the amount, also red ear and gill in
I have had a lot of luck latley,with the bigger ones, using a fly and a bobber anywhere from 6-12in away from the fly.I usually ALWAYS use worms, but, I couldnt get the big ones with worms, they were to smart. I went from catching the 3in ones to the 5-6in ones in minutes just by switching to a fly, and no I dont use a fly pole, the area I fish in here in Idaho won't alow a fly pole, its to many branches, right under a mini willow tree in about knee deep water, not one other person knows.
The fly rod in the right hands, or just understanding a few secrets is key. 1. Line Floatant on the monofilament. 6-8' leader max, No Bobber. Short roll casts, or low to the water side arm..piece of cake
They might be the same as far as being a sunfish but they do not interbreed. The one with the red ear is a shellcracker found mainly it seems on the East Coast and especially in the south. They tend to grow bigger than the regular as you call it bluegill. We call them bream. Either way they're both bad ass. LOL
BULL SHIT! The World Record is 4 pounds and 12 ounces and was caught in Ketona Lake in Jefferson County in 1950...More than likely, you don't know what a Bluegill is!
