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Sunfish ID

Started by Guest_LSUMAN_* , Jun 23 2013 05:41 PM

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#1 Guest_LSUMAN_*

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Posted 23 June 2013 - 05:41 PM

Hey y'all,

While I was out collecting grass shrimp and gambusia I caught some juvenile sunfish. I was dipnetting in a muddy gully next to our crawfish field south of Crowley in South Louisiana. I think they are both green sunfish but my dad thinks they are orange spotted sunfish. I am certain they are greens because I catch adults all the time in the crawfish traps, but I've also seen choupique(bowfin) and yellow cats in there so there's no telling what else is in there. Also in the gully I've caught garfish, sailfin mollies, a couple small bluegils, grass shrimp, gambusia, common shiners, and these juvenile sunfish. So I'm hoping one of y'all can give a positive ID, thanks in advance!

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#2 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 23 June 2013 - 08:20 PM

looks pretty much like a green to me... aggressive mouth... longer body... white edges on fins in that second pic

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#3 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 23 June 2013 - 08:35 PM

Quick - cue Martin - it's a green sunfish.

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#4 Guest_AMcCaleb_*

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Posted 24 June 2013 - 11:22 AM

definitely a green sunfish. No doubt.

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#5 Guest_Yeahson421_*

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Posted 24 June 2013 - 01:00 PM

To be honest, that first fish looked exactly like the O-Spots we caught at the Ohio convention at first, but upon closer inspection I would too agree that it is a Green, albeit with strange coloration.

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#6 Guest_davidjh2_*

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Posted 24 June 2013 - 02:12 PM

Oh no don't say green with strange coloration,the next guess will be the dreaded Green hybrid.

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#7 Guest_rjmtx_*

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Posted 24 June 2013 - 02:40 PM

Normal green...

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#8 Guest_Orangespotted_*

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Posted 24 June 2013 - 08:00 PM

Not the dreaded Green hybrid! Anything but the dreaded Green hybrid! Posted Image

It looks like a plain Jane Greenie to me. Those red eyes tend to spark false hopes... Sure is a light one though. Do you use a white bucket?

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#9 Guest_LSUMAN_*

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 07:27 PM

Thanks for the replies! I figured they were both greens. Yes I had to put them in a white bucket so I could run and grab my phone, but they also came out of a muddy gully which doesn't help. This is one the big ones I catch in the crawfish traps all the time(it's blurry cause my phone's in a ziploc lol)

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