Orangespotted Sunfish
Lepomis humilis · Centrarchidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- May, June, July and August
- Largest length
- up to 15 cm (6 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 4 years
- Matures at
- about 1.5 years old
Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).
USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.
52 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.
Lakes where it has been recorded
From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.
Showing 8 of 8 lakes
- Wind LakeRacine County936 acres · 50 ft deeprecorded 2017 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Rice LakeWalworth County137 acres · 10 ft deeprecorded 2009 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Neshonoc LakeLacrosse County737 acres · 11 ft deeprecorded 1999 to 2003 (5 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Mukwonago RiverWisconsin26 acresrecorded 2000 (3 records)stocked, recorded
- Fountain City BayWisconsin1,397 acresrecorded 1995 (1 record)recorded
- French LakeLacrosse County71 acresrecorded 1989 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Crystal LakeColumbia County500 acres · 9 ft deeprecorded 1976 (1 record)stocked, recorded
- McCartney LakeGrant County924 acres · 10 ft deeprecorded 1963 (1 record)recorded