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Yellow Perch and Red Ear?


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Posted 31 August 2008 - 09:54 AM

I took my Son down to Ladue Reservoir in Portage County Ohio yesterday for some fishing and we caught what I think are yellow Perch. aside from what you can see they also have some sharp points on their gill plates ( I got stuck a few times) I have them in quarantine in my 55G atm ones about 5" and the other 2 about 4" . As for the sunfish I cant tell if its a red ear or an orange spot.

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I know the tip of his ear looks like its orange but its red. The light on the 55 and the camera flash throws the color off. When we caught him he had a very bright yellow belly and when I turned him in the sunlight he had what looked like orange spots on him but that was the only way I could see them.

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So far so good with them eating, they gobbled up a few fatheads I had in their over night.

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Posted 31 August 2008 - 11:52 AM

There are no orangespots in LaDue or that part of Ohio. Your other fish are yellow perch.

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Posted 31 August 2008 - 12:00 PM

So then it is a Red Ear?

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Posted 31 August 2008 - 12:17 PM

Yellow perch and pumpkinseed I think. The redear sunfish has a much larger mouth than the pumpkinseed. And your fish seems to display the body and head coloration typical of pumpkinseeds.

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Posted 31 August 2008 - 12:26 PM

Great thanks for the info.

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Posted 03 September 2008 - 09:53 PM

Yep yellow perch and pumpkinseed sunfish, Ladue has plenty of both, I have fished there several times.




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