Has anyone else caught these on the fly?

On my local syndicate, one of the lakes is absolutely chock-a-block with them, in good weather you see them sunning themselves in big shoals. They don't grow huge, but are fun to catch on light tackle and GHs.



If you catch them, please do make sure the lake is aware of their presence (especially so if you find them in a river) as they are an alien species.

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Ive never seen them in this country before which area are they in. what place is that your at there. they look like they should be in a tank. will the winter kill them or have they been in for along time?? its not the uk then you should of said ruddy hell.


phil

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stop buying bottled water we have,nt got enuff to fish in now so stop it get the water companies to do there job and clean the water every where!!!!

They are very good to eat, no restrictions as they are an'invasive non native species 'INNS'.

I suspect the specimen pictured is a 'bluegill' not a 'pumpkinseed'. Sunfish biology and identification: Minnesota DNR

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Pumpkinseeds are very similar to that of a bluegill, and are often found in the same habitats. One difference between the two species is their opercular flap. The flap is black in both species, but the pumpkinseed has a crimson spot in the shape of a halfmoon on the back portion of its opercular flap. Pumpkinseeds have 7-8 vertical irregular bands on their sides that are duller in colour compared to the bluegill.
From Wikipedia, so it must be right

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no matter what they need reporting just like top mouth gudgeon

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all non native species need reporting without fail right now

Environment Agency - Search Results for pumpkinseed

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WHEN YOU LEAVE THE RIVER, TAKE NOTHING, AND LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINT'S!!!

THA CAN TELL A YORKSHIREMAN ,BUT THA CAN'T TELL HIM MUCH !!

If they are like bluegill they will eat everything and anything!

Trimming down 8 inc plastic lures to 2 inches on a sigle retrieve, and thats not even powerbait!!!

Never seen one,however there is a Sussex fishery that has prolific amounts of them and i think its a day ticket fishery.They have certainly been present for some considerable years.

It's a bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) without a shadow of a doubt. I've caught scores of these on the fly and using all kinds of bait. These were all in South Florida though and certainly not here!

They do need reporting.

Most of the dams in Cyprus now have pumpkinseeds, they are very easy to catch on the fly , best to move the fly fast .