Fishing tips, identification, and what's new with the Lepomis megalotis species complex. We’ll cover how to identify the northern sunfish (Lepomis peltastes) as well as get into this fish’s history and lineage. The details of how to catch a northern sunfish should help knock this fish off your life-list. Lepomis solis, Lepomis aquilensis, Lepomis sp. Ozark, and Lepomis sp. Ouachita are the new proposed species split in the longear species complex.

PROMISED LINK & MAIN REF FOR LONGEAR SPLIT: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syab029
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Additional references found at: https://www.koaw.org/northern-sunfish

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:13 Range
2:29 Habitat
4:41 Fishing Tips Start
7:46 Bait Options & Methods
9:35 Hook Sizes to Use
10:57 History & Longear Species Complex
15:24 Those Potomac 'Longear'...
18:48 Genetic Admixture in Ohio
19:40 New Longear Species or Not?
22:52 ID Tips
25:26 Hybrid Northern vs. Pumpkinseed
26:31 Male vs. Female
29:08 Introgression ID
31:26 Crazy Mixes Down South