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It's A Red Ear Sunfish

Human dynamics are very interesting. Coming from a background in public speaking I have seen through the years the application and implementation of a few in each audience who really grasp the content and apply it to their everyday lives and career. Same thing in the fishin’ industry. I provide Big Bass Seminars to bass clubs throughout Texas and the rest of the country yet in observing those in each audience, only a few get that certain "gleam" or "spark" in their eyes. Chances are only a few of those really implement what they learn. Yet, every so often a success story shows up. Be it Robin Crest who after applying a goal setting ...
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Redear Sunfish Fish Species Information

Scientific Fish Name: Lepomis microlophus
Other Fish Species Names: shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinquapin, improved bream, stumpknocker, shellcracker, sun perch
Regions Fished: southeastern United States, but since it is a popular sport fish it has been introduced to bodies of water all over North America
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Opercle flap (ear) is tipped with red or orange margin.The favorite food of this species is snails. These fish are bottomfeeders, meandering along lakebeds seeking and cracking open snails and other shelled creatures.


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