Sunfish
This is a small yellow and brownfish, with colors similar to the yellow perch, but without the shades – fins tinged with scarlet. Its shape is broad and flat like a pumpkin seed, and in some places the fish is known by that name. They are usually from three to eight inches long – though in some streams in the Western States a kind are found which exceed a foot in length. They are caught with the angleworm, in the same manner as the perch. They bite very rapidly, and hence ladies on picnic parties are particularly fond of fishing sun-fish.
How to Catch Sunfish:
Acquire the gear that you require. You can use a light spinning rod with a tiny spinner or spoon, but to enjoy catching sunfish, you ought to do it the elderly fashioned way and acquire a cane pole and some fishing line. Any type of pole will work: even a tiny and straight tree branch. The pole ought to be about 8 feet long.
Find a body of freshwater. Tiny ponds are the best location. A shallow pond with a pleasant rate of water flow is the ideal place to fish. Make sure the pond is there year round and not tiny. Other feasible locations are tiny lakes and reservoirs. Search for a sunny spot with a clear and neat shoreline.
Tie twenty feet of single strand monofilament fishing line to the finish of your pole. You can use a clove hitch and finish it off with a fisherman’s knot. Tie a hook on the finish and place a red and white bobber several feet above the hook. This will select the depth of your bait. You can set the depth anywhere from to ten feet. Most fishing for sunfish is completed at less than ten feet.
You can buy nightcrawlers or wax worms from a tackle store or Walmart. Most fishermen prefer to acquire their bait beforehand. You could use catfish dough bait.
Attach your bait to the hook & cast it as far away from shore as feasible. Use a small barbed single hook.
Watch the bobber. When it dips beneath the surface of the water, quickly jerk the tip of your fishing pole toward the shore to set the hook. Raise your pole out of the water and drop your fish up on the shore.