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What Manner of Sunfish is This? #11948061 11/23/16 05:15 PM
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Ok you sunfish gurus, Help me id this handsome critter!:



Caught him 11/22/16 in a local Dallas creek. Don't think I've ever seen one quite like this one, coloration wise.

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Re: What Manner of Sunfish is This? [Re: Lovfldx] #11948162 11/23/16 06:36 PM
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Pumpkinseed...


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Re: What Manner of Sunfish is This? [Re: Lovfldx] #11948205 11/23/16 06:56 PM
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^^^ Yep!

Re: What Manner of Sunfish is This? [Re: Lovfldx] #11948322 11/23/16 08:21 PM
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Longear. thumb


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Re: What Manner of Sunfish is This? [Re: Lovfldx] #11948366 11/23/16 08:49 PM
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LongearXBG would be my guess, and its environment (diet & water conditions) gave it those colors. Sunfish (I know all the regulars on here know this) can look very different from one water body to another.

Def not a Pumpkin. They are not native to Dallas.

Cool fish though, I would have come to pick it up and put it in my aquarium.
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All that being said, Rudy fishes tons of Dallas creeks and knows his stuff so asking for a fish ID means this is a very unique fish.


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Re: What Manner of Sunfish is This? [Re: Lovfldx] #11948451 11/23/16 10:09 PM
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Thx guys, longear/bg cross makes sense. I have never caught a pumpkin seed in North Texas. Yes, color from creek to pond to lake can vary quite a bit.

Re: What Manner of Sunfish is This? [Re: Lovfldx] #11949073 11/24/16 06:38 AM
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Yup, that's a mutt.


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Nice fish. The experts have spoken.

Re: What Manner of Sunfish is This? [Re: Lovfldx] #11949296 11/24/16 02:28 PM
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To me the ear on the fish is well defined Longear! I think the area of where the fish was caught plays a huge part in it's overall looks. I would say Longear and that is just my opinion.




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