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 If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/27/12 10:38 PM
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Got it at the Brazos. Its red in color but the picture doesnt really show it for what it is. Its actually a very beautiful fish. I was glad to catch it for my Native Aquarium but would really like to know its real name. 
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 Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/27/12 10:47 PM
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This is an exceptionally gorgeous red-breasted sunfish, Lepomis auritus. Whomever corrected, it isn't a perch.
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Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/27/12 11:32 PM
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Yakitup
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thank u very much. So does that mean its a longear sunfish? Dont mean to sound to dumb but I'm one of those that grew up calling everything a blue gil or perch.
(I'm so gonna get made fun of for this thread)
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Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/27/12 11:37 PM
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Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/27/12 11:39 PM
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it is a longear sunfish. I grew up calling all sunfish "bream". which I found out on here that is not correct either. A bream is actually a fish found in Egypt.
A fish a day keeps the doctor away.
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Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/27/12 11:41 PM
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it is a longear sunfish. I grew up calling all sunfish "bream". which I found out on here that is not correct either. A bream is actually a fish found in Egypt.
A fish a day keeps the doctor away.
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Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/27/12 11:42 PM
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You know, I think it's you that's correct. I believe it is a long-eared sunfish. Nobody should ever be criticized for being curious. I don't think anyone will make fun of you. Sunfish can be tricky!
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Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/27/12 11:49 PM
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so do the longear sunfish come in all diiferent colors? Someone told me it was a pumpkinseed sunfish but it has that big "longear" that has this bright white along the edge of it.
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Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/28/12 03:49 AM
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Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/28/12 06:43 AM
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Definitly a dollar sunfish a very rare fish for texas nice catch!!! Could easily be mistaken for a longear but it is by science a different species. Google pics
Last edited by rbpwrd240; 09/28/12 06:46 AM.
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Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/28/12 12:14 PM
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ITS A PERCH, also known as Trotline Bait  I was raised the same way everything was a perch. Then I was corrected as well by the armchair biologists.
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Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/28/12 01:42 PM
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Dollar Sunfish.... 
State Certified Piscatologist 
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Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/28/12 10:53 PM
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Isn't Perch the Yankee version of Bream? Any fish bigger than a shad that you can't identify.
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Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/28/12 11:49 PM
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No Strings Attached Noodling.
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Re: If some "fish scientist" corrects me for calling it a PERCH....what would he call this fish?
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09/29/12 06:30 PM
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Dollar Sunfish.... This isn't a picture of a Green Sunfish? Notice the large mouth. . .
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