Pumpkinseeds

[FishnDave]

I got out to flyfishing for a couple hours before the late afternoon storm with lightning blew in on Sunday.
I caught at least 20 bluegills, 6 crappies, 3 largemouth bass, and 8 pumpkinseeds. The Largemouth preferred an unweighted chartreuse Woolly Bugger, the crappies and sunfish preferred a chartreuse microjig or silver Springbrook Wunder under an indicator.
I mainly took pictures of the Pumpkinseeds, because they are so colorful.














This Bluegill had an unusually black belly and pelvic fins:






Pumkinseeds were on nests, and I saw a few pairs doing the spawning thing in them:

[Rick Z]

Pretty Fish.
Rick

[billhouk]

I am not sure why people keep "tropical" fish when some of our local species are just as interesting... Nice pumpkins.

[HOSSCOOPER]

I love to see them in spawning color like that. Nice fish.

[EPuffer]

I am not sure why people keep "tropical" fish when some of our local species are just as interesting... Nice pumpkins.

I can tell you why....Pumpkins get too big for some of the tanks. Yes when I was a little boy I did this. Plus they eat so much more then Tropical fish eat! LOL

[billhouk]

I can tell you why....Pumpkins get too big for some of the tanks. Yes when I was a little boy I did this. Plus they eat so much more then Tropical fish eat! LOL

Really? Do you remember what you fed them. I know they make commercial fish chow. I've been thinking about setting up a 100 gallon "pond" tank...

[smij]

Beautiful fish!