Could not have said it better, except we don't have redears in these parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by dsaavedra
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Could not have said it better, except we don't have redears in these parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by dsaavedra
Panfish = Crappie, Bluegill, Red ear, Rock bass and Goggle eye.
We call them bluegills here in NY. When I was a kid we called punkinseeds "sunnies". Perch are white perch or yellow perch. We don't call anything else perch. Crappies are called crappies.
Here it's bluegill.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbum
I still think calling them "pound for pound" the best fighter is hyperbole but then calling em just fun is probably an understatement. :D
Same here. If they are Sunfish, I call them bream. But I will use the individual names to describe them. I use the Southern names mostly because I happen to be a Southerner and was raised that way. So I don't use Northern names much. Specks are Specks to me, not the Northern name "Crappie." I didn't even know what a Crappie was until somebody told me it was the Northern name for Specks. I don't consider Specks to be bream though since they are a different kind of fish from the typical Sunfish even though the FWC classifies them as "Panfish", a name I sometimes use but prefer bream.Quote:
Originally Posted by BassYakker
In some regions, Robert, bullheads and channel catfish are also considered "panfish." Because, why else, they fit into a frying pan! JGW
In my circle of friends here in the northeast we just call em "Gills". No finer fish on a 1-weight.
RW
I just call catfish "good eating", JG. :D Most of the catfish I catch are too big to fit the frying pan without cutting into smaller pieces especially channel cats.Quote:
Originally Posted by white43
Crappie are definitely not "sunfish" or bluegill.
Hi Big Bad Wulff,
I call them bluegills or sometimes just gills. Most folks around here call them "perch." Friend Steve, for example, calls them generically "perch", but in describing a single fish will call it a bluegill, red ear, pumpkin seed, warmouth, etc.
Almost all of the locals call crappies "crappies", but call white bass "sand bass."
Regards,
Gandolf