Share your pumpkinseed bits! 🎣 Or you can just talk about my wonderfully terrible French accent. 😄 Friendly reminder that RUclips’s Auto-Comment-Filter is active. Inappropriate language is blocked as KNFS is an all-age community. Links are blocked to prevent spammers.
You know how it's fascinating to watch someone who really knows and cares about their subject, even if you don't really care about the subject yourself? That's your videos. Like, wow, a RUclips video that is also an encyclopedia article. Pumpkinseeds are my favorite Leopmid, but just because they look cool. And the name is good. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I catch Pumpkinseed Sunfish regularly in North Alabama in waters of The Tennessee River Valley. They've been here thirty five years I know of. In Spring it's easy to find them on beds in sandy or gravel areas in the shallows. They'll hit top water as well as subsurface same as any other Sunfish. Of course the deeper down they are you have to go subsurface.
Stoked to see what you catch on the Mule Fishing gear! Thank you so much for the kind words and for showcasing the gear. Sorry I am just now getting to this :/ life has been so crazy. The day will come for us to group up and film/fish. Can't wait for that day! Hope all is well my friend.
No worries man - totally get it! And I am behind on fully testing out your gear as I blew out my back in Michigan. I'm really loving the wiggle of the plastics so far and their durability. One day we will get together and get some good fishing in. All the best!
I think the bluegills are hybrids in Austin lakes. They clearly breed. A parks and wildlife icthylogist that lives in a community near my old home said these massive 4 lbs sunfish were bluegill hybrids that had stabilized in a spring near our house but nobody would recognize them. I catch them occasionally and they get massive. Also we get all sorts of cave minnows and tetras, and Gambusia that could be sold as high dollar bettas. I don’t tell anyone where these holes are as the locals would decimate them.
Great video. Thank you for the info on the weird colorful crappie like aquarium fish i caught yesterday, now i know it was a pumpkinseed sunfish. Your video was so well done and informative i watched the whole thing
I haven't seen any confirmed reports. But if you are getting 'em then you should definitely post those on iNaturalist.org. That'd be valuable to confirm.
Thanks for the info. This has helped me identify a fish in my lake that I've always called a pumpkin seed but wasn't really sure if that's what it actually was
I live up in Ontario and i must say all my biggest Pumpkinseeds came in deeper weed beds, unless during spawning season, and those pumpkinseed/green sunfish hybrids are a hell of a lot more aggressive! :O
Certain populations of Longear sunfish (or whatever species it might might be called in the future) have in my opinion even more beautiful colors with bright red and blue
Great info on that rig. I had never heard of a floating jig head. What exactly is the indication that you have a fish on? Same as other techniques where you get that tap tap tap? Looking forward to your review on the Mule Fishing products. I still haven't bought any but your review will definitely help me make up my mind.
Hey David. Yeah on the floating jig head rig the common sunfishes all make that tap-tap-tap. Usually it's the little ones playing with the leech. When a big one has it then it's usually tap-tap-pull and that's when you make the hook set. If a bass is on it's usually a slow pull as they just kind of suck the bait in and start slowly swimming off; a hook set needs to come about a half second into that pull. Thanks again for watching! Good luck if ya try out the floating jig head rig.
Very interesting thank you for dropping all this knowledge! Unrelated question... But why does it seem like bluegill seem to be the most common? Do they have an advantage in reproduction?
Thanks. Yeah, bluegill have a few advantages. They are overall hardier fish and can tolerate a lot of water types. They're diet is very large so they don't have to specialize. They're also very aggressive and can outcompete other lepomids to food sources.
Share your pumpkinseed bits! 🎣 Or you can just talk about my wonderfully terrible French accent. 😄
Friendly reminder that RUclips’s Auto-Comment-Filter is active. Inappropriate language is blocked as KNFS is an all-age community. Links are blocked to prevent spammers.
You know how it's fascinating to watch someone who really knows and cares about their subject, even if you don't really care about the subject yourself? That's your videos. Like, wow, a RUclips video that is also an encyclopedia article. Pumpkinseeds are my favorite Leopmid, but just because they look cool. And the name is good. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Much appreciated! I know birds are your main passion. Very cool to know the pumpkinseed is your favorite of the common sunfishes! Cheers!
I catch Pumpkinseed Sunfish regularly in North Alabama in waters of The Tennessee River Valley. They've been here thirty five years I know of. In Spring it's easy to find them on beds in sandy or gravel areas in the shallows. They'll hit top water as well as subsurface same as any other Sunfish. Of course the deeper down they are you have to go subsurface.
This video helped me to realize how many different variations of the pumpkin seeds there are
Yeah, variation within species and between populations can be quite extensive! Cheers!
Stoked to see what you catch on the Mule Fishing gear! Thank you so much for the kind words and for showcasing the gear. Sorry I am just now getting to this :/ life has been so crazy.
The day will come for us to group up and film/fish. Can't wait for that day! Hope all is well my friend.
No worries man - totally get it! And I am behind on fully testing out your gear as I blew out my back in Michigan. I'm really loving the wiggle of the plastics so far and their durability. One day we will get together and get some good fishing in. All the best!
Keep the information coming 👍
Will do! Thanks again for watching ratfish1000.
Dude this video is truly amazing. Wow. So thorough and informative
Thanks, Matthew! Sometimes I put in too much info but I'm glad you appreciate it.
Keep it up brotha. I respect your craft
I catch pumpkin seed here in central southern KY along the TN/KY border. Their range seems to be expanding.
Hmmm...that would be quite interesting. I don't know of any reports of established populations in that area.
Great content; not a lot out there like this. Thank you!
Thanks John! And you're welcome. Glad you appreciate this video.
I think the bluegills are hybrids in Austin lakes. They clearly breed. A parks and wildlife icthylogist that lives in a community near my old home said these massive 4 lbs sunfish were bluegill hybrids that had stabilized in a spring near our house but nobody would recognize them. I catch them occasionally and they get massive. Also we get all sorts of cave minnows and tetras, and Gambusia that could be sold as high dollar bettas. I don’t tell anyone where these holes are as the locals would decimate them.
Yeah, hybrids typically have faster growth rates and can reach big sizes. And I do understand about keeping prize fishing holes a secret!
Excellent. Excellent video. Koaw. Thx for this.
Thanks again Tom! Cheers.
Outstanding content here!
Thanks once again! We'll have to get together and fish one day.
Great video going to try some Pumpkin seed Fishing here in southern NB, this year thanks for all the fishing Tips.
Good luck, Arnold! You'll be getting 'em in their winter colors around now.
Great video. Thank you for the info on the weird colorful crappie like aquarium fish i caught yesterday, now i know it was a pumpkinseed sunfish. Your video was so well done and informative i watched the whole thing
Glad to have helped!
Great video buddy thanks
Ah, thanks for checking out this one too. Glad you like it Chris.
I managed to catch a 9 inch Pumpkinseed here in Ontario, and a 10 inch Hybrid Seed/Gill!
Right on! Those are lunkers for sure.
Hi Koaw, I guarantee those Mule Jigs and Donkey Tails will work great. I love the horse files for the Lepomis species too.
Ah, great to hear that. I haven't field tested the Mule Jigs completely yet but it's on my to-do list. Thanks for sharing on the horse flies too.
We got em in bastrop Texas
I haven't seen any confirmed reports. But if you are getting 'em then you should definitely post those on iNaturalist.org. That'd be valuable to confirm.
@@KNFishingSmarts I’ll try to make it out there before long
Thanks for the info. This has helped me identify a fish in my lake that I've always called a pumpkin seed but wasn't really sure if that's what it actually was
Awesome! Very glad it makes you confident to ID 'em now.
I live up in Ontario and i must say all my biggest Pumpkinseeds came in deeper weed beds, unless during spawning season, and those pumpkinseed/green sunfish hybrids are a hell of a lot more aggressive! :O
Ah nice. Deep weed beds are good. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us!
Certain populations of Longear sunfish (or whatever species it might might be called in the future) have in my opinion even more beautiful colors with bright red and blue
Definitely Andrew! Those longear species complex males in breeding colors can just be explosions of amazing colors.
Great info on that rig. I had never heard of a floating jig head. What exactly is the indication that you have a fish on? Same as other techniques where you get that tap tap tap?
Looking forward to your review on the Mule Fishing products. I still haven't bought any but your review will definitely help me make up my mind.
Hey David. Yeah on the floating jig head rig the common sunfishes all make that tap-tap-tap. Usually it's the little ones playing with the leech. When a big one has it then it's usually tap-tap-pull and that's when you make the hook set. If a bass is on it's usually a slow pull as they just kind of suck the bait in and start slowly swimming off; a hook set needs to come about a half second into that pull.
Thanks again for watching! Good luck if ya try out the floating jig head rig.
i caught the less common "green-seed" the other day but i cant drop the pic in here
Nice! Yeah, that's a cool hybrid. Yeah, RUclips doesn't allow pics in the comments. I often upload pics to iNaturalist.org .
Very interesting thank you for dropping all this knowledge! Unrelated question... But why does it seem like bluegill seem to be the most common? Do they have an advantage in reproduction?
Thanks. Yeah, bluegill have a few advantages. They are overall hardier fish and can tolerate a lot of water types. They're diet is very large so they don't have to specialize. They're also very aggressive and can outcompete other lepomids to food sources.
They're also in Texas
Hmm...I haven't yet seen any pop-up on iNaturalist or other refs. Wouldn't be surprised though as people introduce pumpkinseed to random places.