Can you ID this fish/bug?

[FishinsMyLife317]

I hit a little creek today trying to catch some bream to use as bait for a Havahart trap to try to catch a coon. I caught a little bream, but I'm unsure of what species it really is, as they're all bream to me. I cut off its head to kill it before using it as bait and sticking out of it's stomach (I guess) was a bug. This bug was probably 1.5 inches long in a 5 inch fish. Since a lot of y'all know your bugs, I was just interested to see if you can tell what this one is.

The pictures aren't too good because I didn't want to bring a good camera wading in a creek.

[sandhiller]

Reminds me of a dragonfly nymph.

[Capt. Ahab]

Tough to tell, but judging by the general shape I'd say it is a dragonfly nymph.

[DDRRedneck500]

haha i have a have a heart trap set up and im trying to catch squirrels with it. already caught i few and they made their donations of hides, tail and meat to my tying supplies and table. but i keep catching more coons than squirrels. ironys a b**** aint it?
what do you want to catch a coon for anyways?

[Taxon]

FML-

Can't help you with the fish, but your insect photo appears to be an Aeshnid (Darner) dragonfly nymph.

[Flyandtie1]

The fish looks like a bluegill to me.

as for the bug I agree with the assumption of it being a dragonfly nymph.

[ScottP]

Fish looks like a green sunfish; bug - dragonfly nymph.

Regards,
Scott

[jcntheriver]

The fish is a blue gill other names sunfish, bream,sunny,and the real colorful ones are pumpkin seeds. Don`t know the bug.



Jeff Just type in Google:bluegill

[i_fish_hard]

The fish is a shellcracker/sunfish. The bug looks like a dragonfly nymph. Where I fish, the shellcrackers get up to 2lbs and I've seen some pushing 3lbs. They are awsome eating too.