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Sunfish ID help
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08/21/16 07:48 PM
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McKinneyLonghorn
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Caught four decent-sized sunfish this morning on a white woolly bugger. Most of the sunfish I catch at this pond are bluegill and green sunfish. The four this morning didn't look like the bluegill I normally catch, which are darker with a pronounced blue area on the face, but since bluegill can vary so much in appearance I wasn't sure if these were bluegill or not. If they aren't, any idea what they are? Thanks. Here are two looks at today's fish.
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Re: Sunfish ID help
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
#11789204
08/21/16 09:22 PM
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Pumpkin Head
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Looks like a hybrid sunfish. Bluegill/Redear mix! Just my two cents. A lot of sunfish have been inner breeding over the years making it hard to I.D. fish. I have talked with several wildlife biologist who state the same.
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Re: Sunfish ID help
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
#11789621
08/22/16 02:22 AM
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Fisherman13
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Pretty sunfish for sure. It does look a lot like a red ear. But hybrids are really common now. So much so its crazy.
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Re: Sunfish ID help
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
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08/22/16 02:44 AM
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McKinneyLonghorn
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Thanks. I was thinking redear but none of the ones I caught had redears, so I wasn't sure. A hybrid makes sense.
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Re: Sunfish ID help
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
#11789688
08/22/16 03:27 AM
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charlief1
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The second looks like a longear.
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Re: Sunfish ID help
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
#11789694
08/22/16 03:33 AM
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Catchingfish40
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Green Horn
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Looks to me to be a Brim fish. Google images Brim fish/perch.
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Re: Sunfish ID help
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
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08/22/16 01:21 PM
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Dfitz
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Re: Sunfish ID help
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
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08/22/16 02:57 PM
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Urban Fisher
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Gotta agree with Fitz on this one. The first one looks like a regular redear to me. The second looks like a longear/redear hybrid. It has the body pattern of a redear with the head of a longear.
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Re: Sunfish ID help
[Re: Urban Fisher]
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08/22/16 03:11 PM
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Dfitz
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Gotta agree with Fitz on this one. You make that sound bad
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Re: Sunfish ID help
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
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08/24/16 02:37 AM
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Lovfldx
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Whatever they are, they are nice ones!
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Re: Sunfish ID help
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
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08/29/16 10:56 AM
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Laker One
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Nice fish. Redear/Bluegill mix!
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Re: Sunfish ID help
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
#11804816
08/30/16 07:54 PM
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Chap
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Looks like a red ear hybrid to me, nice fish -chap
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