"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
news:rIGWd.56702$uc.36431@trnddc03...
| 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


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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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