Toledo Bend Reservoir · Individual fish profile
Redear Sunfish
Lepomis microlophus
Toledo Bend · Keep or release
Daily bag
No limit
Length rule
No minimum
No daily bag or minimum length for sunfish.
Identify your catch
A red or orange border on the ear flap helps identify this sunfish.
Habitat on Toledo Bend
Shallow spawning beds in late spring and summer.
Fishing approach
TPWD lists crickets, small jigs and spinners.
Fishing guidance describes documented approaches, not a promise of fish activity today.
Eating guidance · Redear Sunfish
Not named in this lake’s listed advisory. That is not a guarantee of safe consumption.
Harvest permission and eating restrictions are separate.
General species guide
Often feeds near the bottom on snails and other small aquatic animals in warm, vegetated water.
General Redear Sunfish profile →Sources & lake evidence
Documented in this lake’s TPWD fishing guide; source linked below.
Lake harvest rules ↗Eating guidance ↗Lake habitat & fishing guide ↗Species identification ↗