Thread: Green Sunfish

They have a mind like a shark in a goldfish body lol.You wasnt wading were you?

Originally Posted by Slipped Cork

They have a mind like a shark in a goldfish body lol.You wasnt wading were you?

LOL! Nope, I could hear that dah-dah, dah-dah jaws music and wouldn't dare. They'da probably ate the neoprene from my waders and had my wader britches for desert. I would probably be able to make it to shore before they started munching on me, but I'd have a hard time explaining running up the shore without britches!

Catch them all the time here in Indiana, while both crappie and bluegill fishing. I could be wrong, but I dont think they are very good tablefare. But they are very fun to catch, the are strong and aggressive. I catch alot of them under fallen trees.

catch alot of them in arkansas. i fish for smallmouth in small rivers during the hot summer july and augest.they will hit when nothing will get them on a crawdad crak and poppers

Originally Posted by joejv4

Anybody ever catch many of these little critters? Talk about aggressive!

I was playing around with my bait caster with a 2" bass popper, and caught 4" and a 6" green sunfish. Those little fish smacked that popper like a bass!!!

Mostly we only get bluegill and pumpkinseeds around here- in fact these were the first two green sunfish I've ever caught (in 40 years of fishing!).

Anyhow, I'm just curious if anyone else has caught greens and noticed how aggressive they are.

They're pretty much considered a nuisance fish, in KY. Don't really grow all that big, and tend to crowd out some of the more desirable Sunfish. I happen to have one ... as a pet :p I've had it in my aquarium for better than a year. He gets moody every now & then, but for the most part ... he can suck a whole nightcrawler down, in one gulp :D
I thought I might experiment & see if he had any preference to certain colored jigs ... that was pretty much a bust, as he would show interest in ANY jig that I hung down in front of him ... even after having eaten ... LOL!! (oh, and I did hang the jigs on the OUTSIDE of the glass )

About the only fish that will hit a jig any faster or harder than a Green Sunfish ... is a Warmouth. And they'll hit jigs/baits that are bigger ... I don't know how many I've had hit a crankbait, plastic worm, or bass sized jig ... & then send them flying over the boat, on hookset :p

KY's State Record Green Sunfish is 1lb 5oz ... caught in 2000 from a pond. (And I bet he was the "MacDaddy" of that pond, until then ... LOL!! )

... cp

they are some aggresive little fish.lol

Anybody have a picture of one of these things? I don't think I've ever seen one.

Bluegill

We have green sunfish in some sections of our local canal. They relate to wood and often right on the bank. They will get in a little pocket under a log and slam anything that gets close.
Green Sunfish and Bluegill are the cross that makes up the Georgia Giant Hybrid. For a VERY informative read ,Google up [Hybrid bluegill myth]. VERY edcational study from MO. Mike