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#41 smbass

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Posted 04 January 2015 - 05:15 PM

Gerald I would have to disagree and think those are all Pumpkinseeds not bluegill. Tiny p-seeds do look more like bluegill but the head shape is different and the baring pattern has a different look to it. Hard to explain exactly what it is I am seeing just have spent way too much time growing and looking at tiny sunfish.

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#42 butch

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Posted 04 January 2015 - 06:55 PM

I agree with smbass, these are pumpkinseeds.

#43 Matt DeLaVega

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Posted 04 January 2015 - 07:21 PM

I wish I could see what you guys see. I could not tell those from bluegill.

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#44 centrarchid

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Posted 05 January 2015 - 11:03 AM

I think pumpkinseed as well. Barring pattern not valuable.

Eyes with color patch above iris which bluegill does not have.
Opercular tabs with two faint stripes radiating to the opercular which bluegill lacks.
Hints of random spots on flanks which small bluegill never have. Spots will become the orangish spots of adults
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#45 gerald

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Posted 05 January 2015 - 01:42 PM

OK, zooming in closer on the photos I can sorta see that ... sorta ...
The blue-violet sheen just screamed bluegill to me at first.
Have not seen that on baby p-seeds, or maybe I have, and mis-ID'd them.

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