It’s a bright orange fish with turquoise markings that is native to Kansas. “This was the first time in all my career I had ever heard of a longear sunfish in Nebraska,” Bauer said.

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Matthew Ignoffo found some northern sunfish on an outing in a headwater creek and that sparked finding out about northern sunfish and the slight differences from longear sunfish.

Longear, northern and pumpkinseed sunfish are the most aesthetically striking visually among our native fish. I guessed longear, but Gorman is not a schmo, so I checked my Seek app.

A longear sunfish was documented for the first time in Nebraska, caught on the Little Blue River, officials say. How does it get its name?

That sunfish tied Missouri’s previous longear sunfish alternative record — a 5-ounce fish caught July 3, 2021, at a private pond in Franklin County.

A longear sunfish was documented for the first time in Nebraska, caught on the Little Blue River, officials say. How does it get its name?

Eric Mayo caught a Mississippi record longear sunfish on April 11. Then he went back to the same pond the following day and caught another state record.

A Mid-Missouri man matched a state record with his longear sunfish catch from earlier this month on Frieda Lake in Crawford County.

But last week, Bauer got a call from his friend Scott Buss, an avid angler who caught a 5¼-inch, 2-oz. longear sunfish. It's a bright orange fish with turquoise markings that is native to Kansas.

Daryl Bauer, Fisheries Outreach program manager for the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (not photographed with longear sunfish), said this was the first time in his entire career that he has ...

It's a bright orange fish with turquoise markings that is native to Kansas. This longear sunfish was caught by Scott Buss in the Little Blue River in Nebraska. (Nebraska Game & Parks Commission) ...