American Sun Bass
 

Can anyone tell me the best way to catch American Sun Bass WITHOUT
using an artificial lure.

use a light weight Mac rig with live minnows. should be allot of fun.
Dr. D



"James" wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me the best way to catch American Sun Bass WITHOUT
using an artificial lure.

I have caught them on worms, minnows, and once on salmon eggs when fishing
for pan fish.

I assume you are refferring to the general sunfish group referred to as
smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass.

Minnows are probably the best non artificial, but an active nightcrawler int
he right place can do the trick as well. If you want to mix medias so to
speak... I have seen them caught with minnows on jigs, and I have often
considered throwing night crawlers on jigs.

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"Dr. D" wrote in message
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use a light weight Mac rig with live minnows. should be allot of fun.
Dr. D



"James" wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me the best way to catch American Sun Bass WITHOUT
using an artificial lure.

| I have caught them on worms, minnows, and once on salmon eggs when fishing
| for pan fish.
|
| I assume you are refferring to the general sunfish group referred to as
| smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass.
|
| Minnows are probably the best non artificial, but an active nightcrawler int
| he right place can do the trick as well. If you want to mix medias so to
| speak... I have seen them caught with minnows on jigs, and I have often
| considered throwing night crawlers on jigs.
|
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Hi Bob:

Is that what you think the OP is referring to - Sun Fish (Centarchidae) that he is calling
American Sun Bass ?
Here on the East Coast that's what we call them, "Sun Fish." With the Bluegill Sun Fish
being the largest and then there are the; Large Mouth, Small Mouth, Rock Bass, White and
Black Crappie, etc.

I had not heard of that name American Sun Bass before and it was not listed in the McClane's
New Standard Fishing Encyclopedia.

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Dave

Here in the southwest we have a yellow bass we also call sun bass. all of
the suggestions plus night crawlers and crayfish with a mackerel rig. which
is main line egg weight swivel cork bobber on a three foot leader with your
bait of chouse. you get to control the depth at which your bait swims at.
This rig was used mostly from shore.

"James Brown" wrote in message
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On 4 Mar 2005 12:39:12 -0800, (James) wrote:

Can anyone tell me the best way to catch American Sun Bass WITHOUT
using an artificial lure.


By far minnows are the best bait. If in the South, use "shiners."
The bigger the shiner the bigger the bass. But you have to know where
and how to fish them. Get a local (bait shop maybe) to "educate" you.

"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
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| I have caught them on worms, minnows, and once on salmon eggs when
fishing
| for pan fish.
|
| I assume you are refferring to the general sunfish group referred to as
| smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass.
|
| Minnows are probably the best non artificial, but an active nightcrawler
int
| he right place can do the trick as well. If you want to mix medias so
to
| speak... I have seen them caught with minnows on jigs, and I have often
| considered throwing night crawlers on jigs.
|
| --
| ** Public Fishing and Boating Forums
| ** www.YumaBassMan.com

Hi Bob:

Is that what you think the OP is referring to - Sun Fish (Centarchidae)
that he is calling
American Sun Bass ?
Here on the East Coast that's what we call them, "Sun Fish." With the
Bluegill Sun Fish
being the largest and then there are the; Large Mouth, Small Mouth, Rock
Bass, White and
Black Crappie, etc.

I had not heard of that name American Sun Bass before and it was not
listed in the McClane's
New Standard Fishing Encyclopedia.

--
Dave


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I had never heard of Sun Bass either and assumed it was SunFish or bluegill.
Theres so many of them here in Maine they have become a pest fish. I don't
know anyone who eats them off hand.

If you paddle in the shallows you can often see them sitting in their nests
in the summer. Plop a worm on a hook near the nest ... reel them in.

On the Largemouth topic, which is one of my favorites. I dip a few minnows
and run them either free or on a slip float when I want to fish live bait.
They seem to like late afternoon feeding on still water the best where I
fish. It's tricky to do.. but I once got a good one on a locust I stuck on a
small hook.

Over the past couple of years though I have gotten the best response by
running a little weedless brown rubber mouse (I wish I could remember the
manufacturer of those things) over the lilly pads and howl with excitement
when they break the water to get it.

Black and gold 3" rapalas are the best for me on Largemouth.
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"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
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| I have caught them on worms, minnows, and once on salmon eggs when
fishing
| for pan fish.
|
| I assume you are refferring to the general sunfish group referred to as
| smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass.
|
| Minnows are probably the best non artificial, but an active nightcrawler
int
| he right place can do the trick as well. If you want to mix medias so
to
| speak... I have seen them caught with minnows on jigs, and I have often
| considered throwing night crawlers on jigs.
|
| --
| ** Public Fishing and Boating Forums
| ** www.YumaBassMan.com

Hi Bob:

Is that what you think the OP is referring to - Sun Fish (Centarchidae)
that he is calling
American Sun Bass ?
Here on the East Coast that's what we call them, "Sun Fish." With the
Bluegill Sun Fish
being the largest and then there are the; Large Mouth, Small Mouth, Rock
Bass, White and
Black Crappie, etc.

I had not heard of that name American Sun Bass before and it was not
listed in the McClane's
New Standard Fishing Encyclopedia.

--
Dave



Maybe sun Bass are yellow perch?

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