Redbreast Sunfish
Lepomis auritus
No minimum length limit or daily bag limit for sunfish.
Identify your catch
A long, narrow dark ear flap and yellow to rusty orange belly help distinguish this sunfish. Blue-green streaks may appear on the cheek.
Habitat on Inks
Rock banks, ledges, docks and installed brush piles provide cover.
Fishing approach
Lake guide guidance: TPWD suggests topwaters, spinnerbaits or crankbaits along rock for bass, jigs and worms around docks, small baits for sunfish, and minnows or small lures for white bass.
Fishing guidance describes documented approaches, not a promise of fish activity today.
No active lake-specific advisory or possession ban was named in the reviewed DSHS directory. This does not guarantee that fish are safe to eat.
Harvest permission and eating restrictions are separate.
General species guide
Uses streams and some lakes. Feeds on insects, snails, crayfish and small fish; nests in shallow sand or gravel.
General Redbreast Sunfish profile →Sources & lake evidence
TPWD lake guide and reviewed fisheries evidence establish the listed species or group. Historical survey records do not establish current abundance.
Lake harvest rules ↗Eating guidance ↗Lake habitat & fishing guide ↗Species identification ↗