The longear sunfish appeared as bright orange with turquoise and measured 5¼-inch, 2-oz. “I certainly wasn’t specifically fishing for the sunfish, but I was using a small hook and small bait ...

Northern sunfish and longear sunfish look like aquarium fish. But they’re natives, albeit ones in a state of flux. Until a few days ago, I had not heard of northern sunfish.

A Missouri angler had to convince friends that his recent catch of a longear sunfish broke a 27-year-old state record – simply because the fish was so small. But at 4 ounces the sunfish caught ...

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Robert Audrain IV was fishing with his father at a private pond in Franklin County, Missouri, when he caught a 5-ounce longear sunfish with a throwline on July 3. While the catch might be small ...

A colorful longear sunfish will be featured on next year’s Arkansas conservation license plate. The plate was designed by Greta James, Game and Fish graphic artist.

July 21 (UPI) --A 13-year-old Missouri boy caught a longear sunfish that weighed 5 ounces, breaking a record that was set by his own father exactly one year earlier. The Missouri Department of ...

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.

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.

A colorful longear sunfish will be featured on next year’s Arkansas conservation license plate. The plate was designed by Greta James, Game and Fish graphic artist. The license plate showcases ...