Found this guy in galveston

[crash83]

Wow i have been catching them from 2-4" in spring creek but that is awsome!
Would love to catch a pair like that for my 180

[barrettsline]

Go fish any ditch or small stream. Catch them all the time over here in clear lake. Just respect the natives. Admire from afar is the best advice given.....

[dung713366]

tell me where u cast him i well go try

[dung713366]

oh man why u dont kieep him,, u well never see anyfish like that again

[decal]

Half the fun in keeping natives is in finding them yourself. These guys shouldn't be hard to find, they're all over the state. Just saw some in the Pedernales outside of Austin over the weekend.

[Sea-agg09]

I really want to keep these guys happy. Not ganna share and let them all get fished out. One of those... admire of afar kinda deals.

[aznkidang]

Whoaa.. its hump is big.. care to share the location? sharing is caring

[TexmexVin590]

Not hatin on bass bro, its just that every time i see one i wanna eat it lol. Just love the aggressive types i guess. I have a fauxhawk and it bugs my fish i guess they think i'm a flaring fish, they try to get me through the tank and i love that about them!

[decal]

Longears will interact with you. Most sunfish will, centrarchids are the North American counterpart of cichlidae, they share a lot of behaviors. Why you gotta hate on bass? =P

Grammodes, look in the neighborhood bayous in First Colony. They like areas with a lot of structure and cover. Bridges with rocks underneath them, the concrete parts of drains, etc. Water doesn't have to be very deep. I can tell you I have not found them in Oyster Creek and the bayous connected to it. Get a cricket hook, cut the barb off and use worms, you'll find them.

[grammodes]

Decal, man, where did you catch them at? i really want to know.

[TexmexVin590]

Longear sunfish before Texas cichlids. The color cannot be beaten by any other native in this area.

Colors are nice on longears. I'm still all for texas even though their temperment is semi aggressive you don't have to keep them to a species only tank...they can be housed with similar sized fish that will not tolerate being bullied and the way they interact with owners makes them alot more fun to have IMO. I guess sunfish just remind me too much of a bass and its one of the reasons I couldn't have em. Not everything is about color you know.

[peterp63]

Good looking fish. The longears are real nice too. How hard is it to convert them to pellets?

[Lori]

I'm pretty sure that, thats a Rio Grande Cichlid. Caight on just like him in our neighborhood lake. Put him in a tank wit my Jack Dempsies and the fight was on. He''s back in the lake now.

[SOULJAA]

Agg...where in Galveston did you net this guy???

[decal]

Not quite understanding you here. Did you mean you would keep sunfish before cichlids or longear fish before texas fish?

Longear sunfish before Texas cichlids. The color cannot be beaten by any other native in this area.