Marine Creek · Individual fish profile

Redear Sunfish

Lepomis microlophus

Marine Creek · Keep or release

Daily bag

No limit

Length rule

No minimum

There is no minimum length or daily bag limit on bluegill, redear, warmouth or other species of sunfish.

Redear Sunfish · Identification features below.

A red or orange border on the ear flap helps identify this sunfish.

Shoreline emergent plants, dam riprap, a submerged road and installed habitat structures provide cover.

Lake guide guidance: Try dam riprap and plant edges for bass; use minnows or jigs near deeper brush for crappie and worms along shore for sunfish.

Fishing guidance describes documented approaches, not a promise of fish activity today.

Eating guidance · Redear Sunfish

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.

Often feeds near the bottom on snails and other small aquatic animals in warm, vegetated water.

Sources & lake evidence

TPWD lake guide and reviewed fisheries evidence establish the listed species or group. Historical survey records do not establish current abundance.