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What kind of sunfish is this?

Started by Guest_LSUMAN_* , May 12 2014 10:24 AM

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#1 Guest_LSUMAN_*

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Posted 12 May 2014 - 10:24 AM

Hey y'all I went fishing this past weekend in Henderson in South Louisiana and we caught this one sunfish that we couldn't quite tell what it was and I hoping y'all would know. Posted Image

Here is a pic of what the average bluegill looks like in there Posted Image

And here is a pic of one of the red spotted we caught Posted Image

Steffan McBride

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#2 Guest_UncleWillie_*

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Posted 12 May 2014 - 11:02 AM

^{Well, not many people like the dreaded "H" word. But looks like you've got a blue / redspotted mutt.}

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#3 Guest_butch_*

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Posted 12 May 2014 - 11:17 AM

I agreed with UncleWillie

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#4 Guest_LSUMAN_*

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Posted 12 May 2014 - 02:05 PM

That's what me and my dad thought it was when we caught it.

Steffan McBride

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#5 Guest_centrarchid_*

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Posted 12 May 2014 - 02:12 PM

It is also a dude. It represents one of those hybrids that appears to be dead sterile. We made quite a few a while back and they are a by-product when something goes horribly wrong related to the creation of gynogens.

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#6 Guest_NotCousteau_*

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Posted 12 May 2014 - 02:40 PM

That's a beautiful sunfish.

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#7 Guest_LSUMAN_*

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Posted 12 May 2014 - 09:20 PM

Wow that's pretty neat, it's definitely an interesting fish. Thank y'all for the responses

Steffan McBride

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#8 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 13 May 2014 - 10:37 AM

Could that be part warmouth, mouth seems large for the other two to be the parents? I have caught what I have always thought were bluegill warmouth hybrids in NE Ohio where no redspotted are present and they look a lot like that fish.