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Lepomis punctatus · also stumpknocker
How to catch Spotted sunfish
Spotted sunfish feed in 52–90°F water and bite best at 66–82°F. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows them in 2 waters.
3 pts · trophy at 8"Feeds 52–90°FBest 66–82°FIn season nowRiverCreek / streamSpringLake
About
The stumpknocker: a small, dark, dotted sunfish in every Florida creek and river, tight to the wood, that hits a bug as it lands. Small, plentiful, and a fine fish for a kid.
How to fish it
Anything small dropped next to a stump or a root in moving water.
What it eats
cricketswormstiny flies
Live bait for it
Grass shrimpTwo or three on a #6 hook under a small cork — the bream, crappie, sheepshead and mangrove snapper bait nobody sells.What to fish it with
the sizes that fish itLeader10–20 lb fluorocarbon
Hook#2–3/0
Jig head1/8–1/2 oz
Braid10–30 lb
The rule
not confirmed hereWithin the fifty-panfish aggregate — confirm at MyFWC.
The current rule →Where it is, month by month
PPeakSSpawningAArriving·AroundLLeaving
Fresh water by state