What kind of sunfish is this?
Jun 11, 2020 18:47:46 #
Is it a weird Bluegill? Caught several like these at a small lake in Colorado.
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by fluggies
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by fluggies
Jun 11, 2020 18:47:51 #
Jun 11, 2020 18:47:56 #
Wow! I don't think I've ever seen a sunfish quite like that! I feel like your right and it's a bluegill. The pattern varies depending on water hardness and diet and that fish is small and probably young which could be why the pattern is not very visible.
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by RockFishRoll91
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by RockFishRoll91
Jun 11, 2020 18:47:59 #
Jun 11, 2020 18:48:08 #
Just never seen a bluegill like this, even juvenile. No one at the lake was completely sure what kind it was either, we just don't have them look like this here often I guess.
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by fluggies
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by fluggies
Jun 11, 2020 18:48:11 #
Just a bluegill, nothing too unusual. They lose the bright red/orange colors after they are done spawning
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by davycrockpot43
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by davycrockpot43
Jun 11, 2020 18:48:15 #
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Jun 11, 2020 23:59:07 #
Big TC
Loc: Raytown, MO.
FS Digest wrote:
Just your average bluegill
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by LilPuuuma
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by LilPuuuma
It looks like a very young green sunfish to me. But what do I know. I don't have any bluegill in my pond.
Jun 12, 2020 07:10:03 #
bucky buckner
Loc: murrells inlet SC
FS Digest wrote:
Is it a weird Bluegill? Caught several like these at a small lake in Colorado.
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by fluggies
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by fluggies
I think that one is a flier, a member of sunfish
Jun 12, 2020 07:40:39 #
Big dog
Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York
FS Digest wrote:
Is it a weird Bluegill? Caught several like these at a small lake in Colorado.
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by fluggies
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by fluggies
The female sunfish don’t have the brilliant colors that the males do.
Jun 12, 2020 10:58:16 #
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Jun 12, 2020 14:52:48 #
volfman
Loc: New Braunfels, Texas
FS Digest wrote:
Just never seen a bluegill like this, even juvenile. No one at the lake was completely sure what kind it was either, we just don't have them look like this here often I guess.
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by fluggies
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by fluggies
Maybe it is a hybrid white bass/striper. How the heck would I know? Whacha asking me all these questions for?
Jun 12, 2020 17:49:21 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
Up in Massachusetts; they used to call any variety of what I generally refer to as "pan-fish", as "Kibbies" ... If you were in New England, you'd have caught yourself "a kibby".
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