Green Sunfish Fishing and keeping

[Mikeberg]

Green sunfish are very agressive and will eat any food they can swollow.
I like to ceatch them on ultralight rods useing a nightcrawler on a hook only.
They are fun on fly tackel too.
I feed my Green Sunfish nightcrawlers, minnows, and what ever bugs I can ceatch.
They will eat brin shrimp, and blood worms too when small.
Mike

 

[cmj15]

what are you feeding the one you currently have?
how big are the 7 greens?

i feed them feeder fish, worms, mealworms(without heads), bugs, goldfish pellets, flakes, and shrimp pellets, along with other stuff
the smallest green is 1.5" and the largest is around 5"

 

[JEAE21]

hey guys, will the big adult sunfish come to the top to eat?(floating foods)

cmj; why take off the head? do they bite?

 

[cmj15]

yes they will eat from the top, yes they can chew through the stomach and out through the body of the fish

 

[JEAE21]

ewwww..thanks.
any other worms that are dangerous?

wax, night, blood, trout/panfish wormsetc.

 

[fishlvr]

No, just any kind of mealworm (mini, giant, super), as far as feeders. Then theres round worms, tape worms, etc.

 

[sparker18]

I have 3 sunfish that I caught with my castnet (yeah I cheated). I feed them tropical flakes, bloodworms, any bugs around the house, and occasionally my fingers.

 

[peepa]

My greenies will eat just about anything. They do seem to prefer nightcrawlers.

 

[88GT]

I caught mine on a small spinner, as I did my guadalupe bass. The bass only eat live fish. the green eats anything, so I feed him flakes so he dont eat so many feeders

 

[JEAE21]

do they eat pretty messy?
i noticed that when my pumpkinseed eats worms, all the stuff in the worm comes out of the gill.