First thank you all for chiming! It always make a good read. After reading some responses here and a few online articles from mostly pond management enthusiasts, I can’t help but think of the green sunfish (lepomis cyanellus) are mostly misunderstood if not misrepresented. There are different camps of angler who view them as anything but “trophy worthy.” On the one hand they can overtake a crappie lake and on other stunning out bluegill fisheries, and I can empathize with them if crappie fishing is their livelihoods. However I feel they are very good fish to fish for for someone like myself who’s without any other options. Maybe I’m naive because in my neck of the woods we don’t have crappie ponds or streams to be invaded by them, so I can’t comment or disagree. What I can vouch for though is that where I fish they seem to live just fine along descent size bluegills…..
….channel catfish, and largemouth bass, and with UL or even a JDM xul rod in hand they are every bit as fun to catch if not more so than me pulling 3lb catfish out of the same pond. Cheers!
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