Why, in most Midwest lake/ rivers, are red-ear sunfish a rarity? I mean, over time, wouldnt they become as common as a bluegill or pumpkinseed?
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Why, in most Midwest lake/ rivers, are red-ear sunfish a rarity? I mean, over time, wouldnt they become as common as a bluegill
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Bodies of water in the midwest support the bluegills/pumpkinseeds diet better. Another name for the red-ear is shellcracker(or shellsmasher I can't remember for sure) because they rely on snails etc. for a good part of their diet. Some lakes just do not have enough food options for the red-ears to become high in number.
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There may be more there than you think, you just may not catch as many of them because, as JM said, they feed on crustaceans that are generally found on the bottom and not in the areas where you normally fish for bluegill. I've stocked them in my pond, but unless I fished on the bottom, I never caught any.
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