I caught this fish the last morning of the fish-in thinking greensunfish x bluegill, other opinions.Attachment 8430
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I caught this fish the last morning of the fish-in thinking greensunfish x bluegill, other opinions.Attachment 8430
Looks like a nice sized Red Ear Sunfish to me. They get dark like that and the fins kind of ratty after spawning.
Jim Smith
I agree with my neighbor here. Shellcrackers get just about black at times.
I vote straight Green Sunfish. Biggun!
Here's another picture of the same fish...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nJpZC5qcGc.jpg
Here's a redear I caught saturday afternoon...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...GVhci5qcGc.jpg
My opinion is bluegill/green sunfish hybrid... but that doesn't mean I'm right.
Hybrid. I've never seen a redear with yellow on the fins like a green sunfish. The mouth isn't big enough to be a "pure" greenie...
Whatever it is, that is a huge one Steve.
Green Sunfish / Bluegill Hybrid. You can usually tell when you get one on the line....they seem to fight a lot harder than either parent species. I love those fish!
I've got a pond here in the neighborhood that was stocked with those little fellers. Definitely a green/bluegill cross.
I caught a couple of greenies, they were longer and thinner with a bigger mouth. Almost look like a LMB/BG cross.