What do sunfish eat??!?

Question

I have a large pond in my backyard that filters out to a river, and I caught a fish--- at first I thought it was a normal sunfish, but now I can tell it looks like a croppie with a yellow belly!! I think the fish may have started breeding like that since there are not a lot of fish but yet there is to many for the size of the pond, (that goes up to 8 ft deep). I kept the fish in a aquarium and its a baby not to big, it won't eat fish food , but I caught a blue gill last year that would eat fish food. Should I try something that moves maybe like a worm or crayfish? And if it doesn't eat how long till I should put it back? Thankyou!

Answer 1

that fish eats worms as in bait worms they love it!!!

Answer 2

You should probably try some freeze-dried food or the worms like you said.  Are you planning on keeping it in the aquarium or in the pond?  If the food doesn't work I would put him back, but it might just be the fish's nature to eat rarely.  You probably will need to just wait and see.