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Redear Sunfish: Epicurean of freshwater version of escargot 2012-02-17 - Salato Wildlife Center, Frankfort, KY - Photo by Pen. The fish with a kindly Winston Churchill face like that of a favorite bulldog, unless you are a snail or mussel, or other aquatic being with an exoskeleton when this fish has the countenance of your end time - it has likely come to eat you. Redear Sunfish are like bluegills except they are a little better and have rouge or red ear shaped gill lining, They are found throughout Kentucky and epicurean delights, themselves, as panfish - fileted, lightly coated in cornmeal, fried, and served with cornbread or hushpuppies, slaw, greens, corn on the cob, rice and beans or french fries, hot black coffee or fresh brewed iced tea, and blackberry cobbler. This one, above, at the Salato WIldlife Center, is off limits, living the fish equivalent of Secretariat "retired" at stud. Salato WIldlife Center is named for a beloved Columbia, Adair County, KY physician, Dr. James C. Salato, for whom the Adair County Health Department building at 801 Westlake Drive, Columbia, KY, is also named. - Ed Waggener Permalink | Comments?

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