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[freakonaleash]

 I caught one today and my stepdad also got one. I really wasnt sure if i had to phone the fisheries or not. Im going to email them.



Nasty looking thing :|

[Fishiefish]

Looks like a Crappie or a Bluegill! Good job! Sunfish are in the same family right?

[bbronswyk2000]

Good job on catching the fish but I cant believe they are in there. Where abouts did you catch this fish on the creek? I live only a couple blocks away from Kanaka and fish it quite often. Was it in the slough, near the By-Pass?

[UMAKKO]

I think it's either pumpkinseed or longear sunfish.

[freakonaleash]

We where freaked out ! Never seen anything like it. Well, after you cross the train tracks your take a right into kanaka creek park or whatever its called. Then when you enter the parking lot travel westbound towards the very end. Then theres a path (washrooms on left) and follow it to the boat launch for canoes right by the bridge.  It was over there that we caught them. Are they hard to catch or something ? Rare ? Yuck theyre ugly

[bentrod]

Looks like a pumpkinseed.  They're quite prolific and will end up eating themselves out of house and home.  Many ponds where I live have a million of these along with stunted bass.  Really turns the fishery to crap.  I don't know much about your creek.  If the flow is slow and the water is warm, I guess they could survive there.

[slamman190]

I have caught several of these little buggers out of silvermere lake.  Apparently they are good eatn', especially in the good ole' south.

Anybody ever eaten a sunfish?

[freakonaleash]

I have caught several of these little buggers out of silvermere lake.  Apparently they are good eatn', especially in the good ole' south.

Anybody ever eaten a sunfish?

 Funny you say that, but thats what i heard as well. The guy that was also fishing down the bank told me that there are many delicious oriental recipes for sunfish.

[fishinfrenzy]

These pumpkinseed sunfish are everywhere.  Over the past 4 years I see them more and more, especially smaller urban creeks

[BladeKid]

i have also heard that sunfish are very good eat'n..especially down south.

[blueback]

Yep, Sunfish are delicious. Ate 'em occassionally; growing up back east. Takes alot of the little buggers to make a meal though ; very bony. 

[nosey]

Pumpkinseed sunfish was this it.

[freakonaleash]

nosey, that looks like it

[bentrod]

They're not bad.  Each fillet is good for one bite.  They taste similar to Bass and Crappie.  Best to beer batter and fry them.  Instead of using cracker crumbs, use salt and vinegar potato chips. 

[bbronswyk2000]

Those little fish killed off most of the kokanee in my lake, I'd imagine they do the same to a little sensitive ditch like kanaka, I sure hope it was ony a fluke, Kill em if you catch em

They wont do much damage to the salmon stocks in Kanaka as they wont be going into the upper river where the salmon spawn.