Went to one of my favorite lakes and caught several sunfish and one bass. The sunfish were small except for this nice yellow breasted one that went 8 inches- a huge sunfish for me, though I know some people here catch bigger ones regularly. I release about 98% of the fish I catch, but I had never eaten a sunfish before so I kept this one. It tasted pretty good, but I do feel bad because it was a female and had some eggs. I would have thought they had already spawned? The lake didn't feel overly warm surprisingly, so maybe they haven't yet? I hooked one bass in the chin, the full moon is probably to blame for low bass numbers, at least that's my story.

Nice post and fish. Good job.


Side Note: Your eight inch fish is a nice Redbreast!

Thanks Chuck. Is it unusual that it had eggs still, or do they always have some? They should have already laid them a while ago right?

A sunfish will usually spawn two to three times a year. Depending on the weather patterns you might get a rare fourth spawn.

Nice report! Ill bet you will be keeping more of them sunfish