I made a sunfish guide! + NEW CHANNEL IS OUT!

[@laurasmith171]

What a resourceful guide! Thank you so much for making this for everyone!

[@KoawNature]

What's your favorite common sunfish? KN FISHING SMARTS ► bit.ly/YT-KNFS

[@mr.dads-animalhouse3017]

Nice work! I love identification videos.

[@KoawNature]

Thanks Mr. Dad! I too enjoy a good ID video.

[@TheOutdoorsGuy]

Hey man I’m glad to see u doing good I’m definitely gonna check out your guide

[@KoawNature]

Hey! Good to hear from ya. Looks like your channel is doing quite well. Good to see!

[@sarahlarson8226]

Those sunfishes truly are lovely! It must be amazing to swim with them when the sun is bright. Glad to learn about the new channel. I don’t fish. However, thanks to being educated by Koaw Nature, I’ve developed a keen interest in fishes! So count me in!

[@KoawNature]

Yes, swimming among them is really a fascinating experience. Glad I've raised your appreciation of fishes!

[@megarushl8118]

What do bantam Texas sunfish eat

[@KoawNature]

Bantam sunfish will be eating a diverse diet. Gastropods like snails and cladocerans, (small crustaceans) are often a source of food. But they'll eat whatever macroinvertebrates and other planktonic animals they can fit in their mouths.

[@knyghtryder3599]

Sunfish are super dope yo , keep it up , iconic north amero style

[@KoawNature]

Thanks! Will do!

[@susicolin5076]

Thank you very much. I started kayaking and fishing when I retired 6 years ago. I was an art history prof., which is why I have a keen, well trained eye for detail and color. However, the sunfish identification proved to be above over 30 years of visual investigation. There I am, sitting in my drifting kayak, squiggly fish dangling from the rod in one hand, the New Jersey Fishing and Wildlife brochure in the other, completely dumbfounded. Was that !&@@/!! thing a protected sunfish, an invasive one I must destroy (in my case eat), or a permitted one I could throw back in or keep if I please? I am going through your guide marking the various species and hybrids in Paint in my own way again (That is how I commit them to memory), to get order in the sunfish chaos. I am still not sure what to do with the green/warmouth sunfish hybrids that I catch. I don't dare ask NJ Dept of Fishing for clarification. I do know (I think!-??-!) what the protected sunfish in NJ look like. Should a ranger inspect my catch one of these days, let them sort through that. After all I am just a little old lady who goes fishing with her pearl necklace on.

[@BioBush]

I'm 45 seconds into this video and had to pause to like the video, wish I could double subscribe, and tell you how great the first 45 seconds are. EDIT: Okay, 3 minutes in and it turns out I CAN double subscribe! So that was a nice turn of events. Also I thought that guide was going to be $19.95 and it's FREE. This video keeps getting better. EDIT: 5:50 That is a very cool looking fish! Thank you for this gift of a video.

[@KoawNature]

Haha, great comment Steve. I must admit, I'm still yet to catch up on some of your bird ranking videos but I look forward to getting a couple in this week. Thanks and you're welcome!

[@larrytischler570]

And there still isn't. You need to publish a soft back field guide we can take afield, complete with range, sizes, photos of both sexes in spawning and eclipse colors as well as bleached out coloration for turbid waters and clear water patterns. And just 8 little eastern state. And I live in Texas. Do the crappie and bass, spotted, etc too.! Even separately. If you can write in an address I would be very happy to contribute. I don't put my account number(s) on the internet anymore for obvious reasons.

[@KoawNature]

I appreciate the criticism Larry. I'll agree and disagree. The digital field guide works great for identifying all the species, that is if you have a smartphone in the field; but yes, indeed it is still lacking the extras, some of which you've mentioned above. I'm refraining from publishing anything hardcopy until the "big" longear study is published. I'll always be adding to the guide and I'll do my best to be including other centrarchids and better details as time goes on.

[@larrytischler570]

@@KoawNaturemy $900 phone does not deserve to be out in the rivers and swamps. I've seen too many ruined.

[@KoawNature]

@@larrytischler570 That is a drawback of having handheld technology over water.

[@larrytischler570]

@@KoawNature exactly, that is why an economical softbacked field guide is the proper tool.

[@susicolin5076]

@@KoawNature I can't tell you how often I sat/sit in my kayak staring at my cell phone without having internet connection (and that is in populated New Jersey). Do I need a satellite cell? I would be so happy to have a relatively small waterproof leporello to come along on my fishing trips. Every new angler would kiss your feet and buy one, if you could get one published and distributed.