i've got a blugill or so it seems with wide orange,and slender blue stripes going strait up and down with a blue dot on the gill plate instead of a black one?

if pics are needed let me know and i'll try to get them up in a few days.

pics would help for sure

Did it look like this http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbt...int_Of_H#UNREAD the redbreasted sunfish.

Possibly a Warmouth? Hard to tell w/o a pic

Private or public waters?

Hybrid maybe?

I think minner bucket may have nailed it. Search warmouth, there is a picture in wikipedia- sure looks like what you described, right down to the blue dot on the gill ear.

i know it's not a warmouth...the ones in my area look like miniature smallmouth...with an oversized mouth...i'll get him out when my dad gets back in town with his camera don't have another way to get pics up unless someone wants to drive by my place with a camera...if so pm me and i'll give my address to you.

More than likely a longear or a redbreast sunfish.

Sounds like it is a sunperch. Which is just a little bit different than a regular bluegill perch.

Sounds like a green sunfish. They have big mouths. Bluegills, redbreasts, longears, redears, all have little bitty mouths. Warmouths and green sunnies have big mouths. They'll hit big lures and compete with small bass for available forage. And despite being named "green" sunfish, they can be very colorful.

Blugill would be a new species.

Would it look like this?



Another.... live picture


Patterns can vary according to water clarity and other factors.


Hybrid bluegill is an excellent choice, especially when the stocking objective includes large bluegill or to provide fishing for young (or older) impatient fishermen.

The most popular and successful cross for stocking ponds/lakes is the bluegill male X green sunfish female. These hybrids possess characteristics of fast growth, hybrid vigor and are more aggressive in their feeding habits, which increase their vulnerability to angling. This strain has a larger mouth than true bluegill sunfish and readily consume commercial fish food as their primary diet, which is why they will out-grow true bluegill sunfish; but the difference is slight when not feeding a commercial fish food.

Green Perch?