Lake Louisa, Clermont, FL
Apr 24, 2020 11:29:45 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
They both look like bluegills to me, the shape is right, but the colors are wrong. Are they bream? Warmouth? I'm pretty sure they're not crappie, neither one of em.
I agree Spirit,some kind of sunfish. Doesn't have the hump of a crappie.
Apr 24, 2020 13:01:13 #
the water in lake louisa is super tannic makes the fish very dark but I believe the fish pictured are blue gills
Apr 24, 2020 16:46:04 #
Ibclyde
Loc: Cloverleaf Lakes Wisconsin
Dawn Colangelo wrote:
I believe the 1st one is a crappie and the 2nd a sunfish. I am learning too. I am originally from Connecticut.
They are both bluegill
Apr 24, 2020 16:57:52 #
I fish there and usually on Spinnerbaits, worms and Flukes. Its different every time I go.
Apr 24, 2020 17:20:12 #
mitzy123 wrote:
the water in lake louisa is super tannic makes the fish very dark but I believe the fish pictured are blue gills
Makes sense I guess. What it says at the bottom of my posts.
Apr 24, 2020 21:17:41 #
Apr 25, 2020 11:28:31 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
They both look like bluegills to me, the shape is right, but the colors are wrong. Are they bream? Warmouth? I'm pretty sure they're not crappie, neither one of em.
They are bluegill. A lot of fish in that area are very dark due to the decaying plant matter in the lakes. Used to live there. learned to call any sunfish brim, crappie was specs, and a 5 lb catfish was big, but a 6 lb bass was "OK".
Apr 25, 2020 11:38:17 #
I grew up in Indiana, my dad was from Alabama, he called bluegill brim, crappie were crappie a 5 lb catfish was dinner and a 6 lb bass was a myth. It's kinda fascinating to me what different folks in different parts of the world who all speak the same language call the same species of fish. Specs can be drum or crappie or, in my case, nonexistent.
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