Longear sunfish collecting

[amazonfishman]

Anyone know of a good water body near the DFW (within 2hrs) to collect long ear sunfish? Anyone have a few larger ones that they wanna donate to me

Also I was wondering if anyone would be interested in a good native fish collection trip next weekend possibly, local ponds or elsewhere near DFW. PM me if your interested in the collection trip. Thanks ~Trent

 

[meepster]

aren't longear sunfish endangered and illegal to catch?

 

[ewurm]

Ummm...No. Thanks for asking. Longears are fairly common in their native range.

 

[amazonfishman]

Bump, nobody in the DFW area is going fishing anytime soon??? C'mon guys surely someone is brave enough to go this time of year although it is about 15 degrees with the windchill right now even though yesterday it was 77 degrees...stupid weather.

Ewurm is right, they are fairly common in most places in TX, lots of smaller community ponds have been stocked with them as well as some of the major lakes like Sam Rayburn and a few rivers down near San Marcos I believe have high densities of them ~Trent

 

[fishyz]

aren't longear sunfish endangered and illegal to catch?

I depends on what state your in. In any case you should check with the local DNR on what fish you can catch and what ones you can't.

 

[amazonfishman]

Pics of my first longear collected, looking to get about 2-4 more.

 

[sandtiger]

Ummm...No. Thanks for asking. Longears are fairly common in their native range.

Longears a protected in some of their range. I know they are protected in NY but I'm not sure about any of the other states.

 

[meepster]

Longears a protected in some of their range. I know they are protected in NY but I'm not sure about any of the other states.

they are definitely protected and illegal to catch in florida

 

[ewurm]

Longears a protected in some of their range. I know they are protected in NY but I'm not sure about any of the other states.

They aren't in MN, but are very rare. I can buy them at the lfs for $15 though.